White-chinned Petrel
Procellaria aequinoctialis
The white-chinned petrel also known as the Cape hen and shoemaker, is a large petrel in the family Procellariidae. It ranges around the Southern Ocean as far north as southern Australia, Peru and Namibia, and breeds colonially on scattered islands. The white-chinned petrel was formerly considered to be conspecific with the spectacled petrel.
- Scientific name
- Procellaria aequinoctialis
- Family
- Shearwaters and Petrels
- IUCN status
- VU