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Common Name

Blue Petrel

Alternate Names

Common Type

Petrel

Order

Procellariiformes

Family

Procellariidae

Genus

Halobaena

Species

caerulea

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

South Georgia

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Nests in burrows on remote southern islands then flies over the southern oceans

Distribution and Range

Nests on sub antarctic islands around Antarctica, has a circumpolar pelagic distribution in the Southern Ocean.

Food

Krill and other crustaceans, fish and squid

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