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Grey-faced Petrel (Pterodroma gouldi) Size: 42-45 cm; wing span 1.05-1.13 m Weight: 550 g (average)

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Physical description Click here for a physical description Grey-faced Petrels are medium-sized seabirds. Their plumage is almost all-grey on the upper side, usually with a scaly appearance. The face is light-grey to white, depending on wear, while the underside is dark-grey. The underwings are also dark-grey, with slightly lighter grey flight feathers. The tail is wedge-shaped, with the toes hidden under it. Their short neck and tail give them a squat appearance. The short, chunky bill is dark-grey and has a knob at its base.

Taxonomy, classification See Grey-faced 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 Grey-faced Petrel is available HERE . Grey-faced Petrels are a migratory species that breeds in the North of North Island in New Zealand. From there they migrate/disperse around New Zealand and the south-western subtropical Pacific Ocean and the Tasman Sea, usually staying within a range of -25 to -50 degrees latitude. Around Australia Grey-faced Petrels reach mostly the south-eastern coastline of TAS, VIC and NSW. Occasionally they can be found as far northward as the southern QLD coastline, up to almost the tropic of Capricorn. Along the southern coastline of Australia they can occasionally SW WA. They are not usually found on the coast, but stay out on the high seas, up to the edge of the continental shelf. When not breeding, Grey-faced Petrels will mostly stay on the high seas.

Sightings Click here for sighting information M. Eaton reports spotting Grey-faced Petrels off Eaglehawk Neck, near Hobart, TAS, in September 2021. All sighting and photographic information presented on this page has been kindly contributed by M. Eaton.

Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

Near-frontal view of a Grey-faced Petrel (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Off Eaglehawk Neck, near Hobart, TAS, September 2021]

Near-lateral view of a Grey-faced Petrel (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Off Eaglehawk Neck, near Hobart, TAS, September 2021]

Lateral view of the upperside of a Grey-faced Petrel banking sharply (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Off Eaglehawk Neck, near Hobart, TAS, September 2021]

Lateral/ventral view of a Grey-faced Petrel (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Off Eaglehawk Neck, near Hobart, TAS, September 2021]

Near-dorsal view of a Grey-faced Petrel (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Off Eaglehawk Neck, near Hobart, TAS, September 2021]

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