Kerguelen petrel (Aphrodroma brevirostris)

Wikipedia: Kerguelen petrel
Classification: Genus Aphrodroma; Family Shearwaters and petrels (Procellariidae)
General:

The Kerguelen petrel (Aphrodroma brevirostris) is a small (36 cm long) slate-grey seabird in the family Procellariidae. The species has been described as a "taxonomic oddball", being placed for a long time in Pterodroma (the gadfly petrels) before being split out in 1942 into its own genus Aphrodroma. The position within the procellariids is still a matter of debate; when it was split away from the Pterodroma petrels it was suggested that it may be a fulmarine petrel, whereas a 1998 study placed the species close to the shearwaters and the genus Bulweria.^[2] [more]

🔍 No documented observation