Everything about Magellan Diving-petrel totally explained
The
Magellan Diving-petrel (
Pelecanoides magellani), is a
diving-petrel, one of four very similar
auk-like small
petrels of the southern oceans. This species occurs around the coasts of southernmost
South America.
This 20cm
bird is the easiest of its family to identify at sea. Like other diving petrels, it's a compact bird, mainly black above and white below, and similar in shape and size to a
Little Auk, the resemblances with that unrelated
seabird being due to convergence
evolution, since both dive for fish.
However, the Magellan Diving-petrel is the only species with white fringes to the upperpart feathers, and a sharply defined face pattern, so with reasonable views it can be distinguished from its relatives. Sexes are similar, but juveniles lack the white upperpart fringes.
These
birds nest in colonies on islands. One white egg is laid in a burrow in turf or soft soil. They are nocturnal at the breeding colonies.
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