BirdUp · Species
Great-winged Petrel
Pterodroma macroptera(Smith, A, 1840)
Native
- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Pterodroma
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The great-winged petrel is a petrel living and breeding in the world's Southern Ocean.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Subtropical to temperate is. from Tristan da Cunha and Gough (south-central Atlantic Ocean) to Kerguelen Is. (south-east Indian Ocean) and islets off south-west Australia
- Non-breeding range
- Subtropical to temperate South Atlantic and South Indian oceans to south African and west Australian waters
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
2 photos
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