Dark-rumped Petrel

Pterodroma phaeopygia

Order

PROCELLARIIFORMES

Family

Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)

Code 4

GAPE

Code 6

PTEPHA

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Hooked Seabird
Eye Color: Black in nestlings, becoming dark brown before fledging.
Head Pattern: Plain, Unique pattern
Crown Color: Gray-black
Forehead Color: White
Nape Color: Gray-black
Throat Color: White
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 41 cm (16 in)
Weight: 340 g (12 oz)
Size: 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
Color Primary: Gray
Underparts: White
Upperparts: Gray and gray-black.
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Erratic, high-arching and swooping flight.
Wingspan Range: 91 cm (36 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings, Long-Wings
Tail Shape: Squared Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Black
Under Tail: White
Leg Color: Pink-brown

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