Pycroft's Petrel
Pterodroma pycrofti Falla, 1933
Procellariidae — Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels
Pycroft's Petrel, Pterodroma pycrofti, is a seabird in the petrel and shearwater family, Procellariidae, breeding on islets off the north-east of New Zealand’s North Island and ranging across the central and north-east Pacific when not breeding. It is a gadfly petrel and was first described by Robert Falla in 1933. The species nests only in New Zealand, with colonies on 11 islands off the North Island. Its breeding sites are on offshore islands with temperate forest and soft soils, and the Mercury Islands form the main stronghold.
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Procellariidae — Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels
- Breeding range
- Pacific Ocean: islets off ne North I. (New Zealand)
- Nonbreeding range
- to c, ne Pacific
