Cook's Petrel

Pterodroma cookii

Order

PROCELLARIIFORMES

Family

Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)

Code 4

COOP

Code 6

PTECOO

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Hooked Seabird
Eye Color: Brown.
Head Pattern: Spotted, Unique pattern
Crown Color: Gray
Forehead Color: White, gray
Nape Color: Gray
Throat Color: White
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 27 cm (10.5 in)
Weight: 164 g (5.8 oz)
Size: 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
Color Primary: White, Gray
Underparts: White
Upperparts: Gray and gray-black.
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Rapid and erratic flight., Batlike., fast jerky wing beats and much weaving and banking interrupted by high soaring arks.
Wingspan Range: 64-66 cm (25-26 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings, Long-Wings
Tail Shape: Rounded Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Gray
Under Tail: White
Leg Color: Blue-gray

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