• Synonyms Subantarctic Diving Petrel, Kuaka, Common Diving-Petrel, Berard's Diving-Petrel, Subantarctic Diving-petrel, Tristan Diving-Petrel, Tristan Diving Petrel, Diving Petrel
  • Old latin name for bird Procellaria urinatrix, Procellaria tridactyla, Pelecanoides urinator

Common Diving Petrelbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Flight call, © Chris Taylor
    United Kingdom
  • 2.
    Call, song, © Johannes Fischer
    New Zealand
  • 3.
    Flight call, © David Boyle
    New Zealand
  • 4.
    Call, © Émile Brisson-Curadeau
    France
  • 5.
    Song, song at night during breeding season. Individual singing from its nest., © Kevin Guille
    France
  • 6.
    Adult, night song, song, © Hichem MACHOUK
    France
  • 7.
    Song, © David Boyle
    New Zealand
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Common Diving Petrel

  • Breeding region Southern ocean
  • Breeding subregion islands of subtropical to subantarctic Atlantic, Indian and sw Pacific
  • Non breeding region temperate and subantarctic southern oceans around s South America and to se of New Zealand region

Common Diving Petrel subspecies (6)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Pelecanoides urinatrix berardislets of Falkland Is.-No
Pelecanoides urinatrix chathamensissatellites of Stewart I., Chatham is. (e of South I.) and Snares Is. (s of South I.; New Zealand)-No
Pelecanoides urinatrix coppingeripresumably islands of s Chileto Santa Cruz Province (se Argentina)No
Pelecanoides urinatrix dacunhaeTristan da Cunha and Gough Is. (s Atlantic Ocean)-No
Pelecanoides urinatrix exsulSouth Georgia, Prince Edward to Heard (sw to se Indian Ocean), Macquarie (far se of Australia), Antipodes (se of Stewart I.), Auckland and Campbell is. (s of South I.; New Zealand)-No
Pelecanoides urinatrix urinatrixislands of se Australia, Tasmania, ne North I. and Cook and Foveaux straits (New Zealand)-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansGewone Duikstormvoël
Bengali঩াচত ডুফুচয হ঩মট্রর
Catalanpetrell cabussador comú
Chinese鹈燕
Chinese (Traditional)普通鵜燕
Croatianburnica njorka
CzechBurník antarktický, buřník obecný
DanishAlkestormfugl
DutchAlkstormvogeltje
Esperantosudoceana plonĝpetrelo, Komuna merĝopetrelo
Estoniantõmmu-torminiglas
Finnishmyrskysukeltaja
FrenchPétrel plongeur commun, Puffinure plongeur
GermanLummensturmvogel, Subantarktis-Lummensturmvogel, Berard-Sturmvogel
Hungarianbarnahátú bukóhojsza
IcelandicSvölukvaka
ItalianPetrello tuffatore comune
Japaneseモグリウミツバメ
Lithuanianpaprastasis nardantysis audrašauklis
MaoriKuaka
Norwegiansmalnebbdykkpetrell
Norwegian NynorskSmalnebbdukkpetrell
Polishnurzec czarnoskrzydły, nurzec czarnoskrzydly, Nurzec pospolity
Portuguesepardela-mergulhadora-comum, Petrel-mergulhador
RussianОбыкновенный нырковый буревестник, Южный ныряющий буревестник, Обыкновенный ныряющий буревестник
SlovakPelikánovec modronohý, pelikánovec bielohrdlý
SpanishYunco de los canales, Petrel Zambullidor, Potoyunco Malvinero, Potoyunco común, Yunco común
Swedishsmalnäbbad dykpetrell, Vanlig dykpetrell
TurkishDalıcıfırtınakuşu, Dalıcı Fırtınakuşu
Ukrainianпуфінур великий