BirdUp · Species
White-headed Petrel
Pterodroma lessonii(Garnot, 1826)
Native
- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Pterodroma
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The white-headed petrel, also known as the white-headed fulmar, is a species of seabird in the petrel family, Procellariidae. It is about 400 mm (16 in) in length.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Subantarctic islands of South Indian and South Pacific oceans, from Crozet (south-west Indian Ocean) to Antipodes (south-east of Stewart I.) and Auckland is. (south of South I.; New Zealand)
- Non-breeding range
- To waters of south South America, south Africa, south Australasia and Antarctica
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
- Jan
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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