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Kermadec Petrel
Pterodroma neglecta(Schlegel, 1863)
Least ConcernNative
- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Pterodroma
- Conservation
- Least Concern
- Commonness
- Common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The Kermadec petrel is a species of gadfly petrel in the family Procellariidae. It is 38 cm long with a wingspan of 100 cm. It is polymorphic, with light, dark and intermediate morphs known. It eats squid, fish and other marine creatures.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Subtropical Pacific Ocean: Round I. (north-east of Mauritius, central Mascarenes, south-west Indian Ocean); Lord Howe and Norfolk is. (far east of Australia), Kermadec Is. (north-east of North I., New Zealand), Pitcairn to Easter (=Eastern groups; east Polynesia) and Juan Fernandez, San Ambrosio and San Felix (Desventuradas Is.; far west of north-central Chile)
- Non-breeding range
- To east Australia, north-west and east-central Pacific to Hawaii and Peru
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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