Grey-faced Petrel
Photo · (c) Tim Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY)

BirdUp · Species

Grey-faced Petrel

Pterodroma gouldi(Hutton, FW, 1869)

Native
Order
PROCELLARIIFORMES
Family
Procellariidae
Genus
Pterodroma
Commonness
Very common
Best seen
Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The grey-faced petrel is a species of petrel endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. In New Zealand it is also known by its Māori name ōi and as a muttonbird.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
Islets off north North I. (New Zealand)
Non-breeding range
To Tasman Sea off south-east Australia and Chatham Rise, east of New Zealand

03 · When

When to look

Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.

  1. Jan
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05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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