Phoenix Petrel

When to see the Phoenix Petrel

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

Where to see the Phoenix 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 Tonga.

About the Phoenix Petrel

The Phoenix petrel is a medium-sized tropical seabird, measuring up to 35 cm (1.15 ft) long, with a wingspan of 83 cm (2.72 ft). It has a dark brown upperparts plumage, white below and whitish throat. The sexes are similar.

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Easily confused with

Collared PetrelPterodroma brevipesThe collared petrel is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae. Magenta PetrelPterodroma magentaeThis medium-sized petrel has a brownish-grey head, neck, and upper breast, with white underparts. Henderson PetrelPterodroma atrataThe Henderson petrel is a ground-nesting species of gadfly petrel in the family Procellariidae.