Black-winged Petrel

The Black-winged Petrel (Pterodroma nigripennis) 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 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 PeruRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name

Pterodroma nigripennis

Family

Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels)

Order

Procellariiformes

IUCN Red List

LCLeast Concern

English (US)

Black-winged Petrel

Described by

(Rothschild, LW, 1893)