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Oceanites oceanicus
Basic stats
Diet
Planktonic crustaceans, small fish and oil droplets
Habitat
Open ocean, far from shore
Range
Circumpolar Southern Ocean breeder, wide-ranging at sea
Clutch size
1 egg
Incubation period
About 38–42 days
Size
Very small (15–19cm)
Wingspan
~38–42cm
Weight
~30–45g
A tiny, sooty-black seabird with a white rump, famous for pattering its feet on the water's surface as it feeds, one of the most abundant seabirds on Earth.
Breeds around Antarctica but disperses widely across tropical oceans in the non-breeding season, with occasional individuals recorded well offshore from Borneo.
