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Providence Petrel

Pterodroma solandri

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesMarineCavity nestLarge · 469 g
Providence Petrel (Pterodroma solandri), photo 1
Photo: Poyt448 Peter Woodard · CC0
Providence Petrel (Pterodroma solandri), photo 2
Photo: Tim from Ithaca · CC BY 2.0
Providence Petrel (Pterodroma solandri), photo 3
Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0
Providence Petrel (Pterodroma solandri), photo 4
Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0
Providence Petrel (Pterodroma solandri), photo 5
Photo: themaskedlapwing · CC0
Providence Petrel (Pterodroma solandri), photo 6
Photo: Poyt448 Peter Woodard · CC0
Providence Petrel (Pterodroma solandri), photo 7
Photo: Tim from Ithaca · CC BY 2.0
Providence Petrel (Pterodroma solandri), photo 8
Photo: Patrick Connolly · CC BY 4.0

When to see the Providence Petrel

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

Where to see the Providence Petrel

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 7 countries with regular records, and 2 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.

Australia Japan New Zealand Vanuatu Russia New Caledonia Fiji

Recorded as a rare visitor in Taiwan, United States.

About the Providence Petrel

The providence petrel is a large and heavy build gadfly petrel that nests in two locations in the Tasman Sea: Lord Howe Island and Philip Island.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Barau's Petrel (Pterodroma baraui) Barau's PetrelPterodroma barauiBarau's petrel is around 40 cm long, and has white undersides and forehead. Galapagos Petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia) Galapagos PetrelPterodroma phaeopygiaThe Galápagos and Hawaiian petrels are very similar. Soft-plumaged Petrel (Pterodroma mollis) Soft-plumaged PetrelPterodroma mollisThe soft-plumaged petrel is a medium-sized petrel.

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