Gould's Petrel

Pterodroma leucoptera (Gould, 1844)

Gould's Petrel, Pterodroma leucoptera, is a seabird of the Procellariidae family that breeds on islands off south-eastern Australia and on montane Grande Terre in New Caledonia. It also ranges widely at sea outside the breeding season, reaching the Tasman Sea, Antarctica, and tropical Pacific waters as far as the Hawaiian and Galápagos islands. It is a small gadfly petrel with long narrow wings, a short rounded tail, and a dark head marked by a white forehead and face. The upper wings show a dark M pattern.

Order

Procellariiformes

Family

Procellariidae — Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels

Breeding range

Pacific Ocean: Cabbage Tree, Boondelbah, Broughton and Little Broughton, and Montague is. (just off se Australia) and montane Grande Terre (New Caledonia)

Nonbreeding range

to Tasman Sea, Antarctica and tropical Pacific to Hawaiian and Galápagos is.