South Georgia Diving Petrel

Subspecies (2)

• Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus

  breeds in subantarctic circumpolar regions: South Georgia Island (Atlantic); Prince Edward, Marion, Crozet, Kerguelen, and Heard islands (Indian Ocean); and on Macquarie Island (Australia); ranges at sea in waters near breeding sites

• Pelecanoides georgicus whenuahouensis

  breeds New Zealand (Codfish Island, off Stewart Island; formerly also bred on Auckland Islands); non-breeders range to subantarctic waters south of Australia