Kerguelen Petrel

Aphrodroma brevirostris

The Kerguelen petrel is a small slate-grey seabird in the family Procellariidae. It is the only species placed in the genus Aphrodroma. It is a pelagic, circumpolar seabird of the Southern Ocean. It breeds on islands in the southern Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

Scientific name

Aphrodroma brevirostris

Family

Shearwaters and Petrels

IUCN status

LC