South Georgia Diving Petrel
Pelecanoides georgicus
IUCN: Not Evaluated
Taxonomy
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Pelecanoides
- eBird Code
- sgdpet1
Subspecies (2)
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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
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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
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.