Pelagic Trip with San Diego Pelagics led by Paul Lehman. These birds show up in San Diego waters on a regular basis but remain somewhat rare farther north.
ABA code 3 bird.
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IOC 13.1 Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Breeding Range
leucogaster
Atlantic and Caribbean islands: Fernando de Noronha (ne of ne Brazil), coastal islands off se Brazil, Cape Verde Is. (s Macaronesia, w of w Africa), Boatswain Bird I. (just off Ascension, sc South Atlantic Ocean), Alcatraz I. (w of nw Guinea) and Gulf of
brewsteri
islands off w Mexico: from c Baja California and Gulf of California (nw Mexico) to Revillagigedo Is. (far w of c Mexico) and Clipperton (far sw of Mexico)
etesiaca
Pacific coasts of Central America and Colombia: Gulf of Fonseca is. (Honduras) to Gorgona I. (just w of sw Colombia)
plotus
Red Sea through Indian Ocean to w, c Pacific Ocean: Red Sea, islands off Somalia and Socotra (nw Indian Ocean); Cosmoledo (e Aldabra group, sw Seychelles), islands off nw Madagascar and Chagos Arch. (w, nc Indian Ocean); Cocos (Keeling) and Christmas is.
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
EU
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)