Great-winged Petrel

Pterodroma macroptera

Order

PROCELLARIIFORMES

Family

Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)

Code 4

GWPE

Code 6

PTEMAC

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Hooked Seabird
Eye Color: Dark brown to black-brown.
Head Pattern: Plain, Unique pattern
Crown Color: Gray-brown
Forehead Color: White and gray
Nape Color: Gray-brown
Throat Color: White and gray.
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 40 cm (15.7 in)
Weight: 351 g (12.4 oz)
Size: 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
Color Primary: Brown
Underparts: Gray-brown
Upperparts: Gray-brown
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Deep, strong wing beats with long glides.
Wingspan Range: 97 cm (38 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Squared Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Gray-brown
Under Tail: Gray-brown
Leg Color: Black

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