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Field Guide to Birds of North America
Species Overview
Identification
Behavior
Portrait
Stejneger's Petrel
Pterodroma longirostris
Order
PROCELLARIIFORMES
Family
Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)
Code 4
STPE
Code 6
PTELON
ITIS
HEAD
Bill Shape:
Hooked Seabird
Eye Color:
Brown to brown-black.
Head pattern:
Unique pattern
Crown Color:
Black
Forehead Color:
White and gray.
Nape Color:
Gray-brown
Throat Color:
White
Cere color:
No Data
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BODY
Length Range:
30 cm (12 in)
Weight:
167 g (5.89 oz)
Size:
Medium (9 - 16 in)
Color Primary:
White, Gray
Underparts:
Brown-black
Upperparts:
Brown-black
Back Pattern:
Solid
Belly Pattern:
Solid
Breast Pattern:
Solid
FLIGHT
Flight Pattern:
Rapid, erratic, and batlike flight with fast jerky wing beats followed by banking and arcing glides.
Wingspan Range:
76 cm (30 in)
Wing Shape:
Pointed-Wings
Tail shape:
Squared Tail
Tail Pattern:
Mottled
Upper Tail:
Brown-black
Under Tail:
Brown-black
Leg Color:
Blue-gray
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Parts of a Standing bird
X
Head Feathers and Markings
X
Parts of a Flying bird
X