Kerguelen petrel
| Kerguelen petrel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Procellariidae |
| Genus: | Aphrodroma Olson, 2000 |
| Species: | A. brevirostris
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| Binomial name | |
| Aphrodroma brevirostris (Lesson, 1831)
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| Synonyms | |
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Pterodroma brevirostris | |
The Kerguelen petrel (Aphrodroma brevirostris) is a small (36 cm long) slate-grey seabird in the family Procellariidae. It is the only species placed in the genus Aphrodroma. It is a pelagic, circumpolar seabird of the Southern Ocean. It breeds on islands in the southern Atlantic and Indian Oceans.