| Blue petrel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Procellariidae |
| Genus: | Halobaena Bonaparte, 1856 |
| Species: | H. caerulea
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| Binomial name | |
| Halobaena caerulea (Gmelin, 1789)
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The blue petrel (Halobaena caerulea) is a small seabird in the shearwater and petrel family, Procellariidae. This small petrel is the only member of the genus Halobaena, but is closely allied to the prions. It is distributed across the Southern Ocean but breeds at a few island sites, all close to the Antarctic Convergence zone.
- ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Halobaena caerulea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22698102A181599271. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22698102A181599271.en. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ a b c Peters, James Lee, ed. (1931). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 1 (1st ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. pp. 47–48.