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The South Georgia diving petrel is a small, plump petrel, 180 to 220 mm (7.1–8.7 in) in length and weighing around 90 to 150 g (3.2–5.3 oz). Its plumage is black above and dull white below, and it has a stubby black bill with pale blue edges. The wings have thin white strips. The face and neck can be more brown than black. The legs are blue with posterior black lines down the tarsi.
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When to see the South Georgia Diving Petrel
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the South Georgia Diving Petrel
The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 4 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Australia, South Africa, Chile, Falkland Islands.
About the South Georgia Diving Petrel
The South Georgia diving petrel or Georgian diving-petrel is one of five very similar small auk-like diving petrels of the southern oceans. It is native to the South Atlantic and islands of the southern Indian Ocean and south-eastern Australia.
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Easily confused with
Magellanic Diving PetrelPelecanoides magellaniThis short, compact petrel ranges from 19 to 22 cm (7.5 to 8.7 in) in length, and weighs anywhere between 5 and 6 oz (males are typically heavier than females).
Peruvian Diving PetrelPelecanoides garnotiiPeruvian diving petrel is 20–24 cm (7.9–9.4 in) in overall length.
Common Diving PetrelPelecanoides urinatrixThe 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).
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