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Black-winged petrel

Pterodroma nigripennis (Rothschild, 1893)

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The black-winged petrel (Pterodroma nigripennis) is a species in the family Procellariidae, order Procellariiformes. Recorded adults weigh 165.9 g to 173.7 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Black-winged petrel (Pterodroma nigripennis)
Photo: Christopher Stephens (christopherstephens) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the black-winged petrel

Weight
165.9 g – 173.7 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
63 cm – 71 cmsrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
marinesrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the black-winged petrel?

BLACK-WINGED PETREL · WINGSPAN 71 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 71 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the black-winged petrel is about 42% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the black-winged petrel live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The black-winged petrel is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the black-winged petrel?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The black-winged petrel (Pterodroma nigripennis) is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae. It breeds on a number of oceanic islands in the tropical and subtropical East Pacific Ocean and spends the rest of the year at sea.

From the Wikipedia article “Black-winged petrel” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black-winged_petrel&oldid=1314487060), 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 black-winged petrel endangered?

The black-winged petrel is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  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 Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the black-winged petrel classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderProcellariiformes
  5. familyProcellariidae
  6. genusPterodroma
  7. SpeciesPterodroma nigripennis (Rothschild, 1893)

Synonyms Cookilaria hindwoodi, Oestrelata nigripennis, Pterodroma cookii nigripennis

Other names and names in other languages (38)
  • Black winged petrelEnglish
  • نوء أسود الوجهArabic
  • petrell alanegreCatalan
  • buřňák černokřídlýCzech
  • pedryn adeindduWelsh
  • Sortvinget PetrelDanish
  • SchwarzflügelsturmvogelGerman
  • Schwarzflügel-SturmvogelGerman
  • nigraflugila petreloEsperanto
  • Petrel alinegroSpanish
  • Petrel ala negraSpanish
  • Petrel de alas negrasSpanish
  • hallkael-tormilindEstonian
  • samoanviistäjäFinnish
  • Pétrel à ailes noiresFrench
  • Diablotin à ailes noiresFrench
  • tamnokrili zovojCroatian
  • feketeszárnyú viharmadárHungarian
  • Petrello alinereItalian
  • ハグロシロハラミズナギドリJapanese
  • juodasparnis audrašauklisLithuanian
  • melnspārnu vētrasputnsLatvian
  • zwartvleugelstormvogelDutch
  • gråkragepetrellNorwegian
  • petrel czarnoskrzydłyPolish
  • freira-d'asa-pretaPortuguese
  • freira-de-asa-negraPortuguese
  • grazina-de-asas-pretasPortuguese
  • Titiray
  • Чернокрылый тайфунникRussian
  • tajfúnnik čiernokrídlySlovak
  • Crnokrila burnicaSerbian
  • kragpetrellSwedish
  • Lafu kapakauʻuliʻuliTongan
  • Kara Kanatlı FırtınakuşuTurkish
  • тайфунник австралійськийUkrainian
  • 黑翅圆尾鹱Chinese
  • 黑翅圓尾鸌Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the black-winged 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 black-winged petrel?

An adult black-winged petrel weighs 165.9 g – 173.7 g and has a wingspan of 63 cm – 71 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the black-winged petrel live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the black-winged petrel for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the black-winged petrel endangered?

The black-winged petrel is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the black-winged petrel?

The black-winged petrel (Pterodroma nigripennis) belongs to the family Procellariidae in the order Procellariiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{black_winged_petrel_2026,
  title = {Black-winged petrel (Pterodroma nigripennis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-winged-petrel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}