Kerguelen petrel / Kergülensturmvogel (Lugensa brevirostris)

Wikipedia: Kergülen petrel Source: WIKIPEDIA LugensaBrevirostris.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Aphrodroma (Aphrodroma); Family Shearwaters and petrels (Procellariidae)
General: The Kerguelen petrel (Aphrodroma brevirostris) is a small (36 cm long) slate-grey seabird in the family Procellariidae. The species has been described as a "taxonomic oddball", being placed for a long time in Pterodroma (the gadfly petrels) before being split out in 1942 into its own genus Aphrodroma. The position within the procellariids is still a matter of debate; when it was split away from the Pterodroma petrels it was suggested that it may be a fulmarine petrel, whereas a 1998 study placed the species close to the shearwaters and the genus Bulweria.^[2] [more]