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Bulwer's Petrel

Bulweria bulwerii

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesMarineCavity nestMedium · 99 g
Bulwer's Petrel (Bulweria bulwerii), photo 1
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0
Bulwer's Petrel (Bulweria bulwerii), photo 2
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0
Bulwer's Petrel (Bulweria bulwerii), photo 3
Photo: Damien Wallace · CC BY 4.0
Bulwer's Petrel (Bulweria bulwerii), photo 4
Photo: Damien Wallace · CC BY 4.0
Bulwer's Petrel (Bulweria bulwerii), photo 5
Photo: Damien Wallace · CC BY 4.0
Bulwer's Petrel (Bulweria bulwerii), photo 6
Photo: Damien Wallace · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

This very long-winged petrel is 25–29 cm (9.8–11.4 in) in length with a 78–90 cm (31–35 in) wingspan. It has mainly brown plumage and a long pointed tail. It has a buoyant twisting flight as it picks planktonic food items from the ocean surface.

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When to see the Bulwer's Petrel

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Bulwer's Petrel

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 26 countries with regular records, and 8 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Taiwan Portugal United States Japan Indonesia Spain Australia Cape Verde China French Polynesia Micronesia Northern Mariana Islands Papua New Guinea Senegal Philippines Réunion Timor-Leste Guatemala Palau Mauritius Kiribati Guadeloupe Sri Lanka French Guiana Hong Kong SAR China Singapore

Recorded as a rare visitor in Morocco, Brazil, France, Malaysia, Solomon Islands, Mayotte, Seychelles, Suriname.

About the Bulwer's Petrel

Bulwer's petrel is a small petrel in the family Procellariidae that is found in tropical and subtropical regions of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is named after the English naturalist James Bulwer.

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Easily confused with

Jouanin's Petrel (Bulweria fallax) Jouanin's PetrelBulweria fallaxJouanin's petrel is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae.

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