Jouanin's Petrel (Bulweria fallax) | Photos and ID

NTNear ThreatenedInvertebrates

MarineCavity nestMedium · 173 g

Jouanin's Petrel (Bulweria fallax), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Christoph Moning · cc-by

Jouanin's Petrel (Bulweria fallax), photo 6 — Photo: Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0

Jouanin's Petrel (Bulweria fallax), photo 7 — Photo: Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0

Jouanin's Petrel (Bulweria fallax), photo 8 — Photo: Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0

Jouanin's Petrel (Bulweria fallax), photo 9 — Photo: Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0

Jouanin's Petrel (Bulweria fallax), photo 10 — Photo: Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0

When to see the Jouanin's Petrel

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

Where to see the Jouanin's Petrel

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 5 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.

Oman United Arab Emirates Yemen Kenya Réunion

Recorded as a rare visitor in India, Australia, Djibouti, Seychelles, United States, Sri Lanka, Mayotte, Pakistan.

About the Jouanin's Petrel

Jouanin's petrel is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae.

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Easily confused with

Bulwer's PetrelBulweria bulweriiThis very long-winged petrel is 25–29 cm (9.8–11.4 in) in length with a 78–90 cm (31–35 in) wingspan.

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