Grey-faced Petrel

Overview

Grey-faced Petrel (Pterodroma gouldi) is a species of Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels (Procellariidae) in the order Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters.

Scientific Classification

Genus: Pterodroma; binomial: Pterodroma gouldi; authority: (Hutton, FW, 1869).

Distribution

Breeding range: the Southern Ocean. Non-breeding range: to Tasman Sea off se Australia and Chatham Rise, e of New Zealand.

Conservation Status

This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.

Remarks

Grey-faced Petrel was previously treated as a subspecies of Great-winged Petrel P. macroptera following Gill et al. (2010), but they are not sister taxa. Great-winged Petrel is closely related to White-headed Petrel P. lessoni (Wood et al. 2016; see also Onley & Scofield 2007; Howell 2012; SACC 929).