Atlantic Petrel

分类位置

同属物种

留尼汪圆尾鹱

Barau's Petrel

百慕大海燕

Bermuda Petrel

黑顶圆尾鹱

Black-capped Petrel

黑翅圆尾鹱

Black-winged Petrel

白额圆尾鹱

Bonin Petrel

新西蘭圓尾鸌

Chatham Islands Petrel

形态与习性

The Atlantic petrel (Pterodroma incerta) is a gadfly petrel endemic to the South Atlantic Ocean. It breeds in enormous colonies on Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island, and ranges at sea from Brazil to Namibia, with most records at sea being to the west of the breeding islands, and along the subtropical convergence. Adults are about 43 cm long, powerful, large, stocky, dark in color with white belly. Their head can appear to be grey in worn plumage. Brown undercoating of wings and tail. These petre