Procellariiformes / Procellariidae / Halobaena
Blue Petrel
Halobaena caerulea
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Halobaena
Distribution
breeds islands of subantarctic Atlantic and Indian oceans mostly south of Antarctic Convergence from Diego Ramírez (south of Tierra del Fuego), Cape Horn, and South Georgia through subantarctic islands of southern Indian Ocean to Macquarie Island (southeast of Australia); forages to Antarctic waters; disperses to waters of southern South America and southern Australia
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.