Kermadec Petrel

When to see the Kermadec Petrel

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Kermadec Petrel

The map shades 12 countries with regular records, and 3 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, Mexico, Niue.

About the Kermadec Petrel

The Kermadec petrel is a species of gadfly petrel in the family Procellariidae. It is 38 cm long with a wingspan of 100 cm. It is polymorphic, with light, dark and intermediate morphs known. It eats squid, fish and other marine creatures.

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Easily confused with

Juan Fernandez PetrelPterodroma externaThe Juan Fernández petrel is a large species of gadfly petrel, 43 cm (17 in) long with a wingspan of 95–97 cm (37–38 in) and a mass of 500 g (1.1 lb). Black-winged PetrelPterodroma nigripennisThe black-winged petrel is a small species of petrel with long, narrow wings. Masatierra PetrelPterodroma defilippianaMasatierra petrel grows to a length of about 26 centimetres (10 in).