Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Wilson's Storm-petrel, Océanite de Wilson
Regions
SO
Breeding Range Subregions
islets in s Chilean fjords and Cape Horn Arch.; many is., coasts and inland sites in Antarctica; Falklands, South Georgia, Crozet, Heard, Kerguelen (sw to se Indian Ocean) and Macquarie is. (far se of Australia)
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
throughout world oceans except tropical and North Pacific
Note long legs that extend past the tail in flight, typical of Austral Storm Petrels (Oceanitidae). On Wilson's, note unforked tail, short wings and small size. A common species found in all of the world's oceans.
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)
PAL
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)
