Mottled Petrel

When to see the Mottled Petrel

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Mottled Petrel

The map shades 8 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 United States, Canada, Samoa, Wallis & Futuna.

About the Mottled Petrel

The mottled petrel or kōrure is a species of seabird and a member of the gadfly petrels. It usually attains 33 to 35 cm (13–14 in) in length with a 74 to 82 cm (29–32 in) wingspan.

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Easily confused with

White-headed PetrelPterodroma lessoniiThe white-headed petrel distinct with a pale white head and prominent dark eye patch. Hawaiian PetrelPterodroma sandwichensisThe Hawaiian petrel or ʻuaʻu is a large, dark grey-brown and white petrel that is endemic to Hawaiʻi. Murphy's PetrelPterodroma ultimaMurphy's petrel is a species of seabird and a member of the gadfly petrels.