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Georgian Diving Petrel
last update: Aug 20, 2008 11:10 AM
Pelecanoides georgicus
Other names: South Georgia diving-petrel.
The Georgian diving-petrel is slightly smaller than the common diving-petrel, and is almost identical to it, too. Around October, a single egg is laid - incubation takes 44-52 days, and fledging takes 43-60 days. About two million pairs breed on South Georgia, but on some islands they have suffered severly from attacks by cats - on Auckland Islands they are extinct because Hooker's sea lions bulldozed their burrows!.
Stats
Length: 18 - 21 cm
Wingspan: 30 - 33 cm
