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South Georgia Diving-Petrel (georgicus)

Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus Murphy, RC; Harper, F 1916

The South Georgia diving petrel or Georgian diving-petrel is one of five very similar small auk-like diving petrels of the southern oceans. It is native to the South Atlantic and islands of the southern Indian Ocean and south-eastern Australia. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Procellariiformes
Family:
  Procellariidae
Genus:
   Pelecanoides
Scientific:
  Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus

Original description

Citation:
  Murphy, RC; Harper, F 1916

Reference:
   Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 35 p.66

Protonym:
  Pelecanoides georgica

Type locality:
  Cumberland Bay, South Georgia.

Link:
  https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/1843

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  D5FE30FFAB104DF9

Avibase ID:
  avibase-D5FE30FF

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/D5FE30FF

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 174667

English:
South Georgia Diving-Petrel (georgicus)
French:
Puffinure de Géorgie du Sud (georgicus)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
South Georgia Diving-Petrel (georgicus) ( Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
South Georgia Diving-Petrel (georgicus) ( Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
South Georgia Diving-Petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1]
Avilist 2025:
Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
South Georgia Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
South Georgia Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
South Georgia Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
South Georgia Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
South Georgia Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
South Georgia Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
South Georgia Diving-petrel ( Pelecanoides georgicus)
Clements, version 2021:
Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: nominal subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Pelecanoides georgicus

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Catalan: Petrell cabussador de Geòrgia del Sud
Czech: Burník georgijský, buřník georgijský
Danish: Sydgeorgisk Alkestormfugl
German: Breitschnabel-Lummensturmvogel, Breitschnabel-Sturmvogel, Georgien Lummensturmvogel, Georgische-Sturmvogel
English: Georgean Diving Petrel, Georgian Diving Petrel, Georgian Diving-petrel, South Georgia Diving Petrel, South Georgia Diving-Petrel, South Georgia Diving-Petrel (georgicus), South Georgian Diving Petrel, South Georgian Diving-Petrel
English (New Zealand): South Georgian Diving-Petrel
Esperanto: antarkta plonĝpetrelo, Sudgeorgia merĝopetrelo
Spanish: Potoyunco de Georgia, Potoyunco de Georgia del Sur, Potoyunco Geórgico, Yunco Geórgico
Spanish (Argentine): Yunco geórgico
Spanish (Chile): Yunco geórgico
Spanish (Spain): Potoyunco de Georgia del Sur
Estonian: väike-torminiglas
Finnish: Pikkumyrskysukeltaja
French: Pétrel de Géorgie, Pétrel de Géorgie du sud, Pétrel plongeur de Géorgie, Pétrel plongeur de Géorgie du sud, Puffinure de Géorgie du Sud, Puffinure de Géorgie du Sud (georgicus)
Hungarian: szürkehátú bukóhojsza
Italian: Petrello tuffatore della Georgia, Petrello tuffatore di South Georgia, Petrello tuffatore georgiano
Japanese (romaji): minamimoguriumitsubame
Japanese: ミナミモグリウミツバメ
Kirghiz: Георгия чумкугуч бороончусу
Scientific: Pelacanoides georgicus, Pelecanoides georgica, Pelecanoides georgicus, Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus
Lithuanian: Pietų Džordžijos nardantysis audrašauklis
Dutch: Antarctisch Alkstormvogeltje, Antarctische Duikstormvogel, Zuid-Georgisch Alkstormvogeltje, Zuidgeorgische Alkstormvogeltje
Norwegian: Kortnebbdykkpetrell
Polish: nurzec maly, nurzec mały
Portuguese: Petrel-mergulhador-da-geórgia-do-sul
Russian: Георгийский Нырковый Буревестник, Георгийский ныряющий буревестник, Ныряющий буревестник Южной Георгии
Slovak: Pelikánovec širokozobý
Swedish: Brednäbbad dykpetrell
Turkish: Pelajik Dalıcıfırtınakuşu
Ukrainian: Пуфінур георгійський
Chinese: 南乔治亚鹈燕
Chinese (Traditional): 南喬治亞鵜燕

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