Everything about the Blue Petrel totally explained
The
Blue Petrel (
Halobaena caerulea) is a small
seabird in the
family Procellariidae. This small petrel is the only member of the
genus Halobaena but is closely allied to the
prions. Its
plumage, which is white on the underside of the body and grey with the distinct M banding across the uppersides resembles the prions; it differs from them by its smaller
bill and the distinctive white tip to its tail. They have a circumpolar distribution, breeding near the
Antarctic Polar Front.
Like all procellariids the Blue Petrels are
colonial, nesting in large colonies which are visited at night to avoid being taken by
skuas. Blue petrels lay a single egg in a nest inside a burrow. Both parents incubate the egg for around 50 days. After hatching the chick takes around 55 days to
fledge. Their colonies can be found on
Marion Island and Prince Edward Island-(of the
Prince Edward Islands), the
Crozet Islands, the
Kerguelen archipelago,
Macquarie Island and
South Georgia. At sea they range widely from
Australia to
South Africa,
South America and
Antarctica. They feed mostly on
euphausiid shrimp, also taking other crustaceans and
fish and
squid, which they can dive for to at least 6 metres.
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