French Southern Territories (B), Heard Island and McDonald Islands (B), New Zealand (B), South Africa, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (B).
Vagrant to Antarctica, Australia.
Unknown to Falkland Islands (Malvinas), St Helena.
Circumpolar, with breeding at South Georgia, islands of southern Indian Ocean and off southern New Zealand.
South Georgia Diving Petrel (Pelecanoides georgicus) [XC295661]
by id from Stewart Island, Southland District, Southland, New Zealand (call, song)
Breeding Season (Guide)
Does not breed in Australia. Breeds November at Iles Crozet and December at South Georgia.
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Nest
In a chamber at the end of a freshly re-excavated burrow, unlined, in fine scree, sand, loose sod and moraines. In colonies.
Eggs (Guide)
1; smooth, matt, white, sometimes becoming discolored; rounded-oval; about 37 x 31 mm. Incubation: about 44 - 52 days; by both sexes. No evidence of replacement laying.
Young
Semi-altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in 45 - 55 days.
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Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
BirdLife International Species Factsheet