Collared Petrel

When to see the Collared Petrel

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Collared Petrel

The map shades 10 countries with regular records, and 4 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.

Recorded as a rare visitor in New Zealand, Australia, Wallis & Futuna, Niue.

About the Collared Petrel

The collared petrel is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae. It is sometimes regarded as a subspecies of Gould's petrel.

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Easily confused with

Magenta PetrelPterodroma magentaeThis medium-sized petrel has a brownish-grey head, neck, and upper breast, with white underparts. Henderson PetrelPterodroma atrataThe Henderson petrel is a ground-nesting species of gadfly petrel in the family Procellariidae. Chatham Islands PetrelPterodroma axillarisThe Chatham Islands petrel is a medium-sized petrel with a mottled dark-grey and white forehead, dark grey back and upper wings, and white underparts.