Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels

Bonin Petrel

Pterodroma hypoleuca

The Bonin Petrel (Pterodroma hypoleuca) is a 176 g ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels

Order

Procellariiformes

Weight

176 g

Habitat

Marine

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

5

Recorded in UM, United States, Japan, Taiwan, MP.

Where to see it: Midway Atoll NWR · Sand Island (United States Minor Outlying Islands); Midway Atoll · Water Catchment Area (United States Minor Outlying Islands); Midway Atoll · Brackish Seep (United States Minor Outlying Islands); Midway Atoll NWR · Eastern Island (United States Minor Outlying Islands).

Photo: (c) Lucy Keith-Diagne, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist