BirdUp · Species
Mottled Petrel
Pterodroma inexpectata(Forster, JR, 1844)
Native
- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Pterodroma
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The mottled petrel or kōrure is a species of seabird and a member of the gadfly petrels. It usually attains 33 to 35 cm (13–14 in) in length with a 74 to 82 cm (29–32 in) wingspan.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- PO, IO : islets off Fiordland and in Lake Hauroko (south-west South I.), in Foveaux Strait and around Stewart is., and Snares Is. (south of South I.; New Zealand)
- Non-breeding range
- Forages to subantarctic and Antarctic waters, south-east Australia; migrates to Bering Sea and subarctic Pacific (north Pacific Ocean)
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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