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MarineCavity nestLarge · 532 g
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This is a large seabird, with a body length of 42–45 cm. The bird is completely dark brown except for a variable patch of white near the base of the bill, which is black. It is separated from sooty shearwater and short-tailed shearwater by the all-dark underwing, the thick, stubby bill, and different jizz. The similar flesh-footed shearwater has a light, pinkish bill. Petrels in the genus Procellaria are larger and have a less bounding flight.
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When to see the Great-winged Petrel
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Great-winged Petrel
The map shades 6 countries with regular records, and 5 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 United States, Chile, Argentina, Falkland Islands, Tonga.
About the Great-winged Petrel
The great-winged petrel is a petrel living and breeding in the world's Southern Ocean.
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Easily confused with
Black-capped PetrelPterodroma hasitataThe black-capped petrel is large compared to other gadfly petrels, with a length of about 16 inches (40.5 cm) and 37 inches (94 cm) wingspan.
Cook's PetrelPterodroma cookiiCook's petrel or tītī (Māori), blue-footed petrel, is a Procellariiform seabird endemic to New Zealand.
Barau's PetrelPterodroma barauiBarau's petrel is around 40 cm long, and has white undersides and forehead.
Side by side: Black-capped Petrel vs Great-winged Petrel · Barau's Petrel vs Great-winged Petrel
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