Breeding Category
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Vagrant
Woehler E.J. (compiler) 2006. Species list prepared for SCAR/IUCN/BirdLife International Workshop on Antarctic Regional Seabird Populations, March 2005, Cambridge, UK.
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Description
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Length: 46-67 cm. Plumage: two morphs; light morph above brown with darkish cap, below white with brownish wash on breast, sides of neck and head yellowish; dark morph above and below sooty brown; both morphs with white at base of primaries; two central rectrices elongate, straight and pointed. Immature lacks elongate rectrices; barred above and below. Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill pinkish brown to brownish black with a black tip; cere whitish; feet and legs bluish grey to black. Habitat: open ocean and inshore waters. Palearctic migrant.
Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
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Distribution
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circum-arctic
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
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Distribution
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northern North America
North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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IUCN Red List Category
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Least Concern
Woehler E.J. (compiler) 2006. Species list prepared for SCAR/IUCN/BirdLife International Workshop on Antarctic Regional Seabird Populations, March 2005, Cambridge, UK.
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