BirdUp · Species
Black Petrel
Procellaria parkinsoniGray, GR, 1862
Native
- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Procellaria
- Commonness
- Common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The black petrel, also called Parkinson's petrel, is a medium-sized, black-plumaged petrel, the smallest of the Procellaria. The species is an endemic breeder of New Zealand, breeding only on Great Barrier Island and Little Barrier Island, off the North Island. At sea it disperses as far as Australia and Ecuador.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Great and Little Barrier is. (off north-east North I., New Zealand)
- Non-breeding range
- To south-east offshore Australian waters and east-central Pacific off Mexico to Ecuador
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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