Common Diving-petrel

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Procellariiformes
Family:	Pelecanoididae
Genus:	Pelecanoides
Species:	P. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Least Concern ( LC) is an IUCN category assigned to extant species or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. Procellariiformes is an order of Seabirds that comprises four families: the Albatrosses procellariids, Storm-petrels and Diving The diving-petrels are Seabirds in the Bird order Procellariiformes The diving-petrels are Seabirds in the Bird order Procellariiformes urinatrix

Binomial name

Pelecanoides urinatrix
(Gmelin, 1789)

The Common Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides urinatrix), is a diving-petrel, one of four very similar auk-like small petrels of the southern oceans. Johann Friedrich Gmelin ( August 8, 1748 – November 1, 1804) was a German naturalist, Botanist and The diving-petrels are Seabirds in the Bird order Procellariiformes This article is about a family of birds For the American ornithological journal see The Auk. This article is about the petrel seabirds For other uses see Petrel (disambiguation. It is native to South Africa and islands of the southern Indian Ocean. The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's Oceanic divisions covering about 20% of the water on the Earth 's surface

Breeding areas Many islands and islets off North, South, Stewart, Chatham, Solander and Snares Is; south-eastern Australian islands Breeding season April to February Dispersal/migration Ranges throughout coastal waters

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