Common Diving Petrel

Pelecanoides urinatrix

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Procellariidae
Genus
Pelecanoides
eBird Code
codpet1

Vocalizations

Spencer McIntyre · CC_BY_4_0
Spencer McIntyre · CC_BY_4_0
Svend Hansen · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (6)

  • Pelecanoides urinatrix berard

    breeds Falkland Islands

  • Pelecanoides urinatrix chathamensis

    breeds islets of Chatham, Stewart, and Snares islands (New Zealand)

  • Pelecanoides urinatrix coppingeri

    presumably breeds islands of southern Chile; ranges of Santa Cruz Province (southeastern Argentina)

  • Pelecanoides urinatrix dacunhae

    breeds Tristan da Cunha and Gough islands (South Atlantic)

  • Pelecanoides urinatrix exsul

    breeds subantarctic islands from South Georgia Island eastward to Macquarie Island (Australia), and Auckland, Campbell, and Antipodes islands (New Zealand)

  • Pelecanoides urinatrix urinatrix

    breeds islets of southeastern Australia including Bass Strait and Tasmania, and off North Island, and Cook and Foveaux straits (New Zealand); ranges in nearby seas

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.