Birds of the World

    PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels)  
Genus: Procellaria (5 species)


White-chinned Petrel
White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis) Vulnerable
Range: SO: islets of s temperate and subantarctic oceans n of Antarctic Convergence from Falkland Is. to s outlying islands of New Zealand
East of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
  The small white area under the bill can be difficult to see.
   
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


Grey Petrel
Grey Petrel (Procellaria cinerea) Near Threatened
Range: SO: islets of s temperate and subantarctic oceans from Inaccessible and Gough (c South Atlantic Ocean) to Macquarie (far se of Australia), Antipodes (se of Stewart I.) and Campbell is. (s of South I.; New Zealand)
East of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia  
   
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info

Grey Petrel
Grey Petrel (Procellaria cinerea) Near Threatened
Range: SO: islets of s temperate and subantarctic oceans from Inaccessible and Gough (c South Atlantic Ocean) to Macquarie (far se of Australia), Antipodes (se of Stewart I.) and Campbell is. (s of South I.; New Zealand)
Tasmania, Australia  
   
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


Spectacled Petrel
Spectacled Petrel (Procellaria conspicillata) Vulnerable
Range: SO: temperate South Atlantic Ocean: Inaccessible (Tristan da Cunha group, sc Atlantic)
South Africa  
   
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


Black Petrel
Black Petrel (Procellaria parkinsoni) Vulnerable
Range: PO: Great and Little Barrier is. (off ne North I., New Zealand)
New Zealand
  Similar to White-chinned Petrel.
   
Photograph by Ron Knight     Copyright and usage info


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Westland Petrel (Procellaria westlandica) Endangered
Range: PO: coastal foothills of Paparoa Range, nw South I. (New Zealand)
   


A larger all-dark petrel found in the southern Pacific ocean from Chile to New Zealand, where it breeds.


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