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  • <p><i>Phoebetria palpebrata</i> (VAG):</p><p>has a circumpolar occurrence in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere, and breeds from South Georgia Island east to Campbell Island and the Antipodes (Carboneras, 1992; Grantsau, 2010). On the Brazilian coast, there are records for RS (Belton, 1994; Bencke <i>et al.,</i> 2010), SC (Roos & Piacentini, 2003; MZUSP 75196 [SC, 2001, November]), RJ (Corrêa & Pereira, 2016) and BA (Sampaio & Castro, 1998; MZUSP 102477 [BA, 1997, August]). It is considered vagrant in Brazil and occurs in really small numbers, representing a marginal population.</p>