Common Diving Petrel vs Peruvian Diving Petrel

Common Diving Petrel

Pelecanoides urinatrix

Medium152 gMarine

The common diving petrel is a small, plump petrel, 200 to 250 mm (7.9–9.8 in) in length and weighing around 86 to 186 g (3.0–6.6 oz). The plumage is black above and dull white below and it has a relatively short black bill. The wings have thin white strips. The face and neck can be more brown than black. The legs and feet are blue with blackish-brown webbing in between the toes. Unless seen very close, it is almost indistinguishable from the South Georgian diving petrel, P. georgicus.

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Peruvian Diving Petrel

Pelecanoides garnotii

Medium220 gMarine

Peruvian diving petrel is 20–24 cm (7.9–9.4 in) in overall length. Like the rest of the diving petrels it is a nondescript bird, with a dark back and pale belly, and blue feet, and can be separated from the rest of its family only by differences in its beak and nostrils.

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Photo: Álvaro Parra Valdivia · CC BY 4.0

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