BirdUp · Species
Providence Petrel
Pterodroma solandri(Gould, 1844)
Native
- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Pterodroma
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The providence petrel is a large and heavy build gadfly petrel that nests in two locations in the Tasman Sea: Lord Howe Island and Philip Island.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Lord Howe I. and (few) Phillip I. (Norfolk group; east of Australia)
- Non-breeding range
- To east Australia and north-west Pacific off Kamchatka and Japan and to Bering Sea
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
6 photos
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