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Great-winged Petrel (Pterodroma macroptera)

Great-winged Petrel | Pterodroma macroptera photo

Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera, Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand

Image by Sabine's Sunbird - Some rights reserved. (view image details)

GREAT-WINGED PETREL FACTS

distribution map showing range of Pterodroma macroptera in Australia

Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Classification

Class:	Aves
Order:	Procellariiformes
Family:	Procellariidae
Genus:	Pterodroma
Species:	macroptera
Common Name:	Great-winged Petrel

Relatives in same Genus
  White-necked Petrel (P. cervicalis)
  Cooks Petrel (P. cookii)
  Mottled Petrel (P. inexpectata)
  Kermadec Petrel (P. neglecta)
  Providence Petrel (P. solandri)