BirdUp · Species
Grey Petrel
Procellaria cinereaGmelin, JF, 1789
Native
- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Procellaria
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The grey petrel, also called the gray petrel, brown petrel, pediunker or grey shearwater, is a species of seabird in the Procellariidae, or petrel family. It is pelagic and occurs in the open seas of the Southern Hemisphere, mainly between 32°S and 58°S.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Islets of south temperate and subantarctic oceans from Inaccessible and Gough (central South Atlantic Ocean) to Macquarie (far south-east of Australia), Antipodes (south-east of Stewart I.) and Campbell is. (south of South I.; New Zealand)
- Non-breeding range
- To subantarctic Argentine and south African waters (south-west Atlantic) and south Australian and New Zealand waters (south-west Pacific oceans)
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
3 photos
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