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| Photographed on Eaglehawk Neck pelagic, Tasmania, June 2018 |
1253 GREY PETREL Procellaria cinerea
AUSTRALIA 748
Also known as Brown Petrel, Pedlunker, and Grey Shearwater. Occurs in open seas of Southern Hemisphere, mainly between 49 degrees South and 32 degrees South. Numbers are decreasing and believed to be only 400,000 left. Breed in burrows in the ground, laying only one egg.
