Species profile
Soft-plumaged Petrel
Pterodroma mollis
Quick answer
occurs mainly between latitudes 30 ° S and 60 ° S on the Atlantic and Indian oceans and, during winter, in the southern seas below the Tropic of Capricorn (Carboneras, 1992 c). Three specimens were found at Cassino beach / RS in September and October (Vooren & Fernandes, 1989). There are also records for SE in May (Carboneras, 1992 c), SC in June and two more for the coast of RS in November (WikiAves, 2016). Brazilian museum records indicate the species presence in BA in February, August and September and in SP in May (MZUSP; MNRJ).
- Scientific name
- Pterodroma mollis
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Genus
- Pterodroma
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Procellariidae
- Antarctic fulmar, Southern fulmar, Silver-grey petrel (Fulmarus glacialoides)
- Antarctic petrel (Thalassoica antarctica)
- Antarctic Prion (Pachyptila desolata)
- Ardenna davealleni (Ardenna davealleni)
- Argyrodyptes microtarsus (Argyrodyptes microtarsus)
- Atlantic Petrel (Pterodroma incerta)
- Balearic Shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus)
- Bannerman's Shearwater (Puffinus bannermani)