First record of Juan Fernández Petrel Pterodroma externa (Salvin, 1875) in Brazil

Barbosa, Carla BeatrizSánchez-Sarmiento, Angélica MaríaFerioli, Raquel BenetonLeonardi, Simone BarattoBritto, Mariana de Karam eAlvarenga, Fernando SiqueiraNascimento, Claudia Carvalho doSerafini, Patrícia PereiraKampel, MiltonGallo-Neto, Hugo

We document the first recorded occurrence of a Juan Fernández Petrel Pterodroma externa specimen in São Paulo State, South Atlantic, Brazil. This finding improves our understanding of the distribution of this pelagic species, which is rarely observed along the coast. It also suggests that unusual oceanographic conditions may disorient seabirds, causing them to appear in atypical areas.

1. Procellariidae
2. Southwestern Atlantic
3. New occurrence.