Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels
Black-winged Petrel
Pterodroma nigripennis
- Family
- Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels (Procellariidae)
- Order
- Procellariiformes
Overview
The black-winged petrel (Pterodroma nigripennis) is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae. It breeds on a number of oceanic islands in the tropical and subtropical East Pacific Ocean and spends the rest of the year at sea.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Breeds Round Island (southwestern Indian Ocean), southwestern Pacific from Lord Howe and Phillip Island of the Norfolk group (east of Australia), islets off New Caledonia, islets off North Island (New Zealand), and Chatham Islands (east of New Zealand) eastward through Austral Islands; ranges to waters off southeastern Australia and Pacific Ocean southeast of Japan eastward to northwestern Mexico and southward to Peru.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Black-winged petrel
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
