Species
White-chinned Petrel
Procellaria aequinoctialis
Regional Nesting Sites: It breeds on the Malvinas, South Georgia (40% of the world population), Prince Edward, Crozet, Kerguelen, Auckland, Campbell and Antipodes islands.
Diet: White-chinned Petrel feeds mostly on krill, squid and to a lesser extent, fish. It can dive up to 13 m in depth in search of prey or to feed on bait attached to hooks being fished by longliners.
World breeding population: Although the global population of this species is not known, rough estimates suggest a total of 7,000,000 adults.
Conservation Status: Vulnerable (IUCN, 2008).
Main threats: Incidental mortality in longline fisheries is the principal threats, but it also suffers from predation (by introduced rats at breeding islands) and the loss of breeding habitat.
