White-chinned Petrel
Procellaria aequinoctialis
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 1,706
- Most observed in
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Conservation
- Vulnerable
Description
The white-chinned petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis) also known as the Cape hen and shoemaker, is a large petrel in the family Procellariidae. It ranges around the Southern Ocean as far north as southern Australia, Peru and Namibia, and breeds colonially on scattered islands. The white-chinned petrel was formerly considered to be conspecific with the spectacled petrel (Procellaria conspicillata).
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “White-chinned petrel”.