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Atlantic petrel

Pterodroma incerta (Schlegel, 1863)

ENEndangeredbirds

The Atlantic petrel (Pterodroma incerta) is a species in the family Procellariidae, order Procellariiformes. Recorded adults weigh 520 g to 532.2 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.

Atlantic petrel (Pterodroma incerta)
Photo: steve b · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the Atlantic petrel

Weight
520 g – 532.2 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
1.04 msrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
marinesrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
55.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the Atlantic petrel?

ATLANTIC PETREL · WINGSPAN 1.04 MADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.04 m, the recorded maximum wingspan of the Atlantic petrel is about 61% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the Atlantic petrel live?

Not recorded

What is the Atlantic petrel?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Atlantic petrel (Pterodroma incerta) is a gadfly petrel endemic to the South Atlantic Ocean. It breeds in enormous colonies on Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island, and ranges at sea from Brazil to Namibia, with most records at sea being to the west of the breeding islands, and along the subtropical convergence. Adults are about 43 cm long, powerful, large, stocky, dark in color with white belly. Their head can appear to be grey in worn plumage. Brown undercoating of wings and tail. These petrels can live on average of 15 years of age.

From the Wikipedia article “Atlantic petrel” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Atlantic_petrel&oldid=1366795886), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the Atlantic petrel endangered?

The Atlantic petrel is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Endangered species.

How is the Atlantic petrel classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderProcellariiformes
  5. familyProcellariidae
  6. genusPterodroma
  7. SpeciesPterodroma incerta (Schlegel, 1863)

Synonyms Procellaria incerta, Procellaria sandaliata, Procellaria satalandia, Pterodroma satalandia

Other names and names in other languages (54)
  • Schlegel's petrelEnglish
  • Atlantiese stormvoëlAfrikaans
  • Bruinvlerkstormvoël (Atlantiese Stormvoël)Afrikaans
  • نوء أطلسيArabic
  • نوء اطلسيArabic
  • طائر النوء الأطلسيArabic
  • Атлантически тайфунникBulgarian
  • petrell de SchlegelCatalan
  • buřňák bělobřichýCzech
  • pedryn yr IweryddWelsh
  • Hvidbuget PetrelDanish
  • SchlegelsturmvogelGerman
  • Schlegel-SturmvogelGerman
  • atlantika petreloEsperanto
  • Petrel de SchlegelSpanish
  • Petrel cabeza pardaSpanish
  • Petrel de cabeza parda (o alas negras)Spanish
  • pruunpugu-tormilindEstonian
  • Petrel azpizuriBasque
  • مرغ باران اطلسPersian
  • valkovatsaviistäjäFinnish
  • Pétrel de SchlegelFrench
  • Diablotin de SchlegelFrench
  • Peitreal tarrbhánIrish
  • סערון אטלנטיHebrew
  • bjelotrbi zovojCroatian
  • Atlanti viharmadárHungarian
  • csuklyás viharmadárHungarian
  • BylgjudrúðiIcelandic
  • Petrello di SchlegelItalian
  • Petrello dell'AtlanticoItalian
  • ズキンミズナギドリJapanese
  • rudagalvis audrašauklisLithuanian
  • Atlantijas vētrasputnsLatvian
  • Schlegel-stormvogelDutch
  • Schlegels StormvogelDutch
  • KvitbukpetrellNorwegian Nynorsk
  • hvitbukpetrellNorwegian
  • petrel białobrzuchyPolish
  • freira-de-schlegelPortuguese
  • freira-de-barriga-branca-do-atlânticoPortuguese
  • grazina-de-barriga-brancaPortuguese
  • Тайфунник ШлегеляRussian
  • Атлантический тайфунникRussian
  • StuorastoarbmaloddiNorthern Sami
  • tajfúnnik bielobruchýSlovak
  • tristanski švigavecSlovenian
  • Atlantska burnicaSerbian
  • vitbukig petrellSwedish
  • Ak Karınlı FırtınakuşuTurkish
  • тайфунник атлантичнийUkrainian
  • Hải bão Đại Tây DươngVietnamese
  • 冠圓尾鸌Chinese
  • 大西洋圆尾鹱Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the Atlantic petrel

Other species in the same genus Pterodroma.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the Atlantic petrel?

An adult Atlantic petrel weighs 520 g – 532.2 g and has a wingspan of 1.04 m, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the Atlantic petrel endangered?

The Atlantic petrel is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the Atlantic petrel?

The Atlantic petrel (Pterodroma incerta) belongs to the family Procellariidae in the order Procellariiformes.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{atlantic_petrel_2026,
  title = {Atlantic petrel (Pterodroma incerta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/atlantic-petrel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}