Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels
Grey Petrel
Procellaria cinerea
NTNear Threatened
- Family
- Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels (Procellariidae)
- Order
- Procellariiformes
Overview
The grey petrel (Procellaria cinerea), also called the gray petrel, brown petrel, pediunker or grey shearwater, is a species of seabird in the Procellariidae, or petrel family.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Breeds islets of south temperate and subantarctic oceans from Inaccessible and Gough (Atlantic) to Macquarie Island (southeast of Australia), Campbell and Antipodes islands (south of New Zealand); ranges circumpolar subantarctic waters.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Grey 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.
