Murphy's Petrel

When to see the Murphy's Petrel

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 3 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Murphy's Petrel

The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 1 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 Canada.

About the Murphy's Petrel

Murphy's petrel is a species of seabird and a member of the gadfly petrels. The bird is 38–41 cm length, with a 97 cm wingspan, and weighs about 360 g. Its plumage is all dark sooty-grey, except for a pale chin, and pinkish legs; it does not exhibit sexual dimorphism. It was described by Robert Cushman Murphy in 1949, which is the source of the species' common name.

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Easily confused with

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