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Cook's Petrel
Pterodroma cookii(Gray, GR, 1843)
Updated
Origin: Native
- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Pterodroma
At a glance
The Cook's Petrel, native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Origin
- Native
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
Cook's petrel or tītī (Māori), blue-footed petrel, is a Procellariform seabird endemic to New Zealand. It is a member of the gadfly petrels and part of the subgenus Cookilaria Bonaparte, 1856, which includes the very similar Stejneger's petrel.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Cook's Petrel?
The Cook's Petrel is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
2 photos
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