SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS   -   PROCELLARIIDAE

Cape Petrel Daption capense capense About 20 km west of Lima, Peru. Breeds on subantarctic islands and island off of New Zealand.		White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis aequinoctialis About 20 km west of Lima, Peru. Breeds on many islands in the southern oceans. They typically stay rather far south, but the rich Humboldt Current brings them regularly up to the coast of Peru and sometimes even Ecuador.

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