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Great-winged Petrel

Pterodroma macropteraOrder: PROCELLARIIFORMES Family: Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)
Codes: Common Name: GWPE Scientific Name: PTEMAC ITIS Taxonomic No.: 174589
Least Concern
 
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Overview

Great-winged Petrel: Large petrel with brown-black body except for pale gray forehead, face, chin, and throat. Bill is black and stout. The legs and feet are black. Feed on fish, squid and crustaceans. In New Zealand it is also known by its Maori name oi and as a muttonbird. AKA Grey-faced Petrel.

Range and Habitat

Great-winged Petrel: Breeds on offshore islands and coastal headlands and cliffs of northern New Zealand. Pelagic, comes ashore only to breed.

Topo Map: Gull-like Body


Voice Text

"o-hi", "o-hoe", "or-wik", "si-si-si"

Interesting Facts

 The Great-winged Petrel is also called the Grey-faced Petrel. In New Zealand it is also known by its Māori name oi and as a muttonbird.

 A group of petrels are collectively known as a "gallon" and a "tank" of petrels.


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Gary Owen Dick

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Irina Rud-Volga

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Family Petrel (Procellariidae)_blue
Species Pterodroma macroptera
Length15.7 Inches
Wingspan38 Inches

Great-winged Petrel

Great-winged Petrel: Large petrel with brown-black body except for pale gray forehead, face, chin, and throat. Bill is black and stout. The legs and feet are black. Feed on fish, squid and crustaceans. In New Zealand it is also known by its Maori name oi and as a muttonbird. AKA Grey-faced Petrel.

● Song: "o-hi", "o-hoe", "or-wik", "si-si-si"

● Foraging & Feeding: Great-winged Petrel: Feeds at night, mainly on squid, fish, and crustaceans.

● Breeding & nesting: Great-winged Petrel: One white egg is laid in a burrow. Incubation ranges from 51 to 58 days and is carried out by both parents.

● Similar species: Great-winged Petrel: Providence Petrel is paler brown overall.

Flight Pattern

Deep, strong wing beats with long glides.
Great-winged Petrel Body Illustration_2
● Range & Habitat: Great-winged Petrel: Breeds on offshore islands and coastal headlands and cliffs of northern New Zealand. Pelagic, comes ashore only to breed.
BreedingMonogamous, Colonial
PopulationAccidental in North America
MigrationMigratory
Weight12.4 Ounces
Gull-like BodyX
ChinX
The area of the face just below the bill.
FaceX
The front part of the head consisting of the bill, eyes, cheeks and chin.
PelagicX
The pelagic is a type of bird whose habitat is on the open ocean rather than in a coastal region or on inland bodies of water (lakes, rivers). An example of a pelagic bird is the blacklegged kittiwake.
4 and 6 letter alpha codesX

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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ITIS CodesX

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) was established in the mid-1990�s as a cooperative project among several federal agencies to improve and expand upon taxonomic data (known as the NODC Taxonomic Code) maintained by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

To find the ITIS page for a bird species go to the ITIS web site advanced search and report page at http://www.itis.gov/advanced_search.html. You can enter the TSN or the common name of the bird. It will return the ITIS page for that bird. Another way to obtain the ITIS page is to use the Google search engine. Enter the string ITIS followed by the taxonomic ID, for example "ITIS 178041" will return the page for the Allen's Hummingbird.

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Head Feathers and MarkingsX
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