Listed as endangered, this species is endemic to the South Atlantic, breeding at Gough
and possibly Inaccesible Island. Although numbers are still high but declining, there is dispesal over awide area, we have seen them off
the coast of Argentina. The nearest in terms of plumage is in fact Magenta Petrel which we haven't seen, but the two are nowhere near in terms
of dispersal, if anything Magenta tends to disperse East. The first image, taken quite far south, is a rare dusky form, which in extreme cases
can be wholly dark on the belly. I had it mis-labelled for years until corrected by Peter Harrison.
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