White-necked Petrel
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Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels

White-necked Petrel

Pterodroma cervicalis

VUVulnerable
Family
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels (Procellariidae)
Order
Procellariiformes

Overview

The white-necked petrel (Pterodroma cervicalis), also known as the white-naped petrel, is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae. During the non-breeding season it occurs throughout a large part of the Pacific, but it is only known to breed on Macauley Island in New Zealand's Kermadec Islands and the Australian territory of Norfolk Island and Phillip Island. It formerly bred on Raoul Island, but has now been extirpated from this locality due to predation by rats and cats. Reports of breeding on Merelava, Vanuatu, are more likely to be the very similar Vanuatu petrel, P. occulta, which some consider to be a subspecies of the white-necked petrel.

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Range and habitat

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.