Kermadec Petrel

Pterodroma neglecta (Schlegel, 1863)

Kermadec Petrel, Pterodroma neglecta, is a petrel of the subtropical Pacific, breeding on islands from Round Island near Mauritius through Lord Howe and Norfolk islands, the Kermadec Islands, and the eastern Pacific groups to the Juan Fernández, San Ambrosio and San Félix islands. It also ranges outside the breeding season to eastern Australia, the north-western and eastern-central Pacific, Hawaii and Peru. It is a polymorphic species, with light, dark and intermediate forms. It is a gadfly petrel in the family Procellariidae.

Order

Procellariiformes

Family

Procellariidae — Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels

Breeding range

Pacific Ocean: subtropical Pacific Ocean: Round I. (ne of Mauritius, c Mascarenes, sw Indian Ocean); Lord Howe and Norfolk is. (far e of Australia), Kermadec Is. (ne of North I., New Zealand), Pitcairn to Easter (=Eastern groups; e Polynesia) and Juan Fernandez, San Ambrosio and San Felix (Desventuradas Is.; far w of nc Chile)

Nonbreeding range

to e Australia, nw and ec Pacific to Hawaii and Peru