Pelecanoides urinatrix, Common diving petrel
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Pelecanoides urinatrix   (Gmelin, 1789)

Common diving petrel
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Aves | Procellariiformes | Pelecanoididae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Others; depth range 0 - 17 m (Ref. 120202).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Antarctic. Tropical to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8812); max. published weight: 146.60 g (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

Wing: 12.45 cm.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Total Length: 20 to 25 cm; Wingspan: 33 to 38 cm (Ref. 8812). Threats include predation from cats, rats, and also livestock grazing and trampling (Ref. 84934). Pursuit diving (Ref. 356).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Cherel, Y., C.-A. Bost, C. Guinet and H. Weimerskirch 2005 Feeding habits of seabirds and marine mammals of the Kerguelen Archipelago. pp. 31-36 In Palomares, M.L.D., Pruvost, P., Pitcher, T.J., Pauly, D. (eds.) Modeling Antarctic marine ecosystems. Fisheries Centre Research Reports 13(7). Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. (Ref. 89128)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 August 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (15 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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