Grey Petrel
Procellaria cinereaGmelin, JF, 1789
English (US) Gray Petrel
UK name: Grey Petrel
The Grey Petrel (Procellaria cinerea) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels) in the order Procellariiformes.
Range: 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 watersRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Procellaria cinerea
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Gray Petrel
- English (UK)
- Grey Petrel
- Described by
- Gmelin, JF, 1789
No guides listed yet for Grey Petrel
Be the first expert to offer guided tours for this species.
Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Gmelin, JF, 1789
- Type locality
- within the Antarctic Circle = New Zealand seas, lat. 48° S., fide Mathews, 1912, Birds Australia, 2, p. 123.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.563
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels
Jouanin's Petrel
Bulweria fallax
Fiji Petrel
Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi
Mascarene Petrel
Pseudobulweria aterrima
Tahiti Petrel
Pseudobulweria rostrata
Beck's Petrel
Pseudobulweria becki
Westland Petrel
Procellaria westlandica
White-chinned Petrel
Procellaria aequinoctialis
Spectacled Petrel
Procellaria conspicillata
Black Petrel
Procellaria parkinsoni
Streaked Shearwater
Calonectris leucomelas
Cape Verde Shearwater
Calonectris edwardsii
Scopoli's Shearwater
Calonectris diomedea
Looking for a different species?