Collared Petrel
Pterodroma brevipes
A small gray-and-white petrel with a dark hood, a bold dark “M” pattern across the upperwings, and a distinctive bold black underwing pattern. Very variable. A pale morph resembles Gould’s Petrel, while a distinctive sooty-brown dark morph shows exceptionally bold underwing markings. Pale morph separated from Gould’s Petrel by its much bolder underwing pattern and its hood, which often meets below the neck, creating a full collar. Silent at sea.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Pterodroma brevipes
- Authority
- (Peale, 1849)
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Pterodroma
Range and habitat
- Breeding range
- PO : Vanuatu to Austral Is. (se Polynesia)
- Non-breeding range
- to ec tropical Pacific
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
Photos
Distribution
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