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Black-winged Petrel (Pterodroma nigripennis) Size: 28-30 cm; wing span 64-71 cm Weight: 140-220 g

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Physical description Click here for a physical description Black-winged Petrels are small seabirds. The cap, back, rump and upper tail are grey, the upperwings are dark-grey, with black wing tips. The front, i.e., throat, breast, belly, vent and underside of the tail, is white. The underwing pattern is a long, thin white "W" with a broad dark-grey to black outer edge. The white face, with a short black eye stripe, is accentuated by a grey neck band. The bill, legs and feet are dark-grey.

Taxonomy, classification See Black-winged Petrel at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species Click here for information on habitat and range The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found, based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to ebird.org . The global distribution of the Black-winged Petrel is available HERE . Outside their breeding season, which Black-winged Petrels spend on oceanic islands in the tropical and subtropical Pacific Ocean (roughly from northern New Zealand to Hawaii), they remain out at sea. Black-winged Petrels can sometimes be found in Australian waters to the East of the continent, e.g. around Lord Howe Island. For breeding, Black-winged Petrels have a preference for grassy slopes on sandy soil, into which they dig their tunnels.

Sightings Click here for sighting information B. Hensen reports spotting Black-winged Petrels at Ned's Beach, Lord Howe Island, in November 2014. All photographic and sighting information presented on this page has kindly been contributed by B. Hensen.

Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

Near-lateral view of a Black-winged Petrel in flight (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Ned's Beach, Lord Howe Island, November 2014]

View onto the upperwing pattern of a Black-winged Petrel in flight (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Ned's Beach, Lord Howe Island, November 2014]

Ventral view showing the underwing pattern of a Black-winged Petrel in flight (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Ned's Beach, Lord Howe Island, November 2014]

Ventral view showing the underwing pattern of a Black-winged Petrel in flight (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Ned's Beach, Lord Howe Island, November 2014]

Breeding information

Breeding season: Nov - May

Eggs: 1

Incubation period: ?

Fledging age: ?

Nest

"bungobittah", "lar", "malunna", "jindi" [bundjalung] = nest [Aboriginal]

Type: Tunnel

Material: Sandy soil

Height above ground: N/A

Black-winged Petrel banking to enter its nest tunnel, which is partly hidden on the right (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Ned's Beach, Lord Howe Island, November 2014]

Eggs

"boyanga", "booyanga", "derinya", "dirandil", "koomura", "mirk", "ngampu", "nooluk", "pateena", "pum-pum" = Egg; "dirundirri" = eggs [Aboriginal]; "gawu" = eggs [gamilaraay]

Size: 66 x 41 mm

Colour: Off-white

Shape: Tapered oval

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