Common Diving Petrel bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsTristan Diving Petrel, Subantarctic Diving Petrel, Berard's Diving-Petrel, Subantarctic Diving-petrel, Tristan Diving-Petrel, Diving Petrel, Kuaka, Common Diving-Petrel
Old latin name for birdProcellaria tridactyla, Pelecanoides urinator, Procellaria urinatrix
OrderAlbatrosses and petrels / Procellariiformes
FamilyPetrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels / Procellariidae
GenusPelecanoides
Breeding regionSouthern ocean
Breeding subregionislands of subtropical to subantarctic Atlantic, Indian and sw Pacific
Non breeding regiontemperate and subantarctic southern oceans around s South America and to se of New Zealand region

Common Diving Petrel bird sounds *

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

Related species

Where to see Common Diving Petrel

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

Translation

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
FrenchPuffinure plongeur, Pétrel plongeur commun
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, smalnebbdykkpetrell
Norwegian NynorskSmalnebbdukkpetrell
Polishnurzec czarnoskrzydły, nurzec czarnoskrzydly, Nurzec pospolity
Portuguesepetrel-mergulhador-comum, petrel-mergulhador, pardela-mergulhadora-comum
RussianОбыкновенный нырковый буревестник, Южный ныряющий буревестник, Обыкновенный ныряющий буревестник
SlovakPelikánovec modronohý, pelikánovec bielohrdlý
SpanishPotoyunco común, Yunco común, Yunco de los canales, Petrel Zambullidor, Potoyunco Malvinero
Swedishsmalnäbbad dykpetrell, Vanlig dykpetrell
TurkishDalıcı Fırtınakuşu, Dalıcıfırtınakuşu
Ukrainianпуфінур великий