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Cook's Petrel

Pterodroma cookii

VulnerableRareInvertebratesMarineCavity nestMedium · 178 g
Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii), photo 1
Photo: M Rutherford · CC BY 4.0
Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii), photo 2
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Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii), photo 3
Photo: William Brockelsby · CC BY 4.0
Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii), photo 4
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Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii), photo 5
Photo: Charles Joseph Hullmandel · Public domain
Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii), photo 6
Photo: Aviceda at English Wikipedia (Original text: Tom (talk)) · CC BY 3.0
Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii), photo 7
Photo: Auckland Museum · CC BY 4.0
Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii), photo 8
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Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii), photo 9
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Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii), photo 10
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About the Cook's Petrel

Cook's petrel or tītī (Māori), blue-footed petrel, is a Procellariiform seabird endemic to New Zealand. It is a member of the gadfly petrels and part of the subgenus Cookilaria Bonaparte, 1856, which includes the very similar Stejneger's petrel.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it lives

Regular rangeRare visitor
New Zealand United States Australia Mexico Peru Chile French Polynesia Kiribati Pitcairn Islands Cook Islands

Recorded as a rare visitor in Fiji.

When to see it

Peak activity in December · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Barau's Petrel (Pterodroma baraui) Barau's PetrelPterodroma barauiBarau's petrel is around 40 cm long, and has white undersides and forehead. Providence Petrel (Pterodroma solandri) Providence PetrelPterodroma solandriThe providence petrel is a large and heavy build gadfly petrel that nests in two locations in the Tasman Sea: Lord Howe Island and Philip Island. Galapagos Petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia) Galapagos PetrelPterodroma phaeopygiaThe Galápagos and Hawaiian petrels are very similar.

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