Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels

Black-winged Petrel

Pterodroma nigripennis

The Black-winged Petrel (Pterodroma nigripennis) is a 174 g ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels

Order

Procellariiformes

Weight

174 g

Habitat

Marine

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

15

Recorded in Australia, New Zealand, NF, United States, New Caledonia, Tonga, Fr. Polynesia, Fiji, UM, Chile, Mauritius, CK, AS, Kiribati, WF.

Where to see it: 08.006 S, 174.3833 W (Tokelau); Norfolk Island · Phillip Island (Norfolk Island); Norfolk Island National Park · Captain Cook Memorial (Norfolk Island); Hundred Acres Reserve (Norfolk Island); Norfolk Island · main island (Norfolk Island).

Photo: (c) William Harland, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist