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Collared petrel

Pterodroma brevipes (Peale, 1849)

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The collared petrel (Pterodroma brevipes) is a species in the family Procellariidae, order Procellariiformes. Recorded adults weigh 147.1 g to 147.5 g and live up to 20 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Collared petrel (Pterodroma brevipes)
Photo: Plate: John Gerrard Keulemans, 1842--1912 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the collared petrel

Weight
147.1 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
20 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
32.7 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
marinesrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
47.3 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
5.5 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the collared 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 collared 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 collared petrel?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The collared petrel (Pterodroma brevipes) is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae. It is sometimes regarded as a subspecies of Gould's petrel (P. leucoptera).

Its breeding range is uncertain and it is currently known to breed only in Fiji where it occurs on Gau and possibly other islands. It formerly bred in the Cook Islands and may still breed in Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands. It is an unconfirmed breeder in Samoa, American Samoa and French Polynesia.

It nests on steep, forested slopes in a burrow or among tree roots. It feeds in open seas and some disperse into the central Pacific outside the breeding season.

The population from Vanuatu was considered to be a new subspecies Pterodroma brevipes magnificens in 2010.

The species is thought to vagrate poleward in response to warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures, suggesting that it may be expanding its foraging range in response to global warming.

From the Wikipedia article “Collared petrel” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Collared_petrel&oldid=1346542963), 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 collared petrel endangered?

The collared petrel is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a 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 Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.

How is the collared petrel classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderProcellariiformes
  5. familyProcellariidae
  6. genusPterodroma
  7. SpeciesPterodroma brevipes (Peale, 1849)

Synonyms Procellaria brevipes

Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • نوء مطوقArabic
  • petrell de collarCatalan
  • buřňák límcovýCzech
  • pedryn torchogWelsh
  • HalsbåndspetrelDanish
  • BrustbandsturmvogelGerman
  • Brustband-SturmvogelGerman
  • Halsband-SturmvogelGerman
  • KolumpetreloEsperanto
  • koluma petreloEsperanto
  • Petrel acollaradoSpanish
  • kaelus-tormilindEstonian
  • مرغ باران طوقیPersian
  • melanesianviistäjäFinnish
  • Pétrel à collierFrench
  • Diablotin à collierFrench
  • ogrličasti zovojCroatian
  • örvös viharmadárHungarian
  • Petrello dal collareItalian
  • カワリヒメシロハラミズナギドリJapanese
  • apykaklėtasis audrašauklisLithuanian
  • halsbandstormvogelDutch
  • halsbåndpetrellNorwegian
  • petrel obrożnyPolish
  • freira-de-colarPortuguese
  • grazina-de-colarPortuguese
  • Коротконогий тайфунникRussian
  • tajfúnnik obojkovýSlovak
  • halsbandspetrellSwedish
  • Lafu kolaTongan
  • Yakalı FırtınakuşuTurkish
  • тайфунник коротконогийUkrainian
  • 领圆尾鹱Chinese
  • 圓領圓尾鸌Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the collared 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 collared petrel?

An adult collared petrel weighs 147.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the collared petrel live?

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

Is the collared petrel endangered?

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

How long does the collared petrel live?

The collared petrel has a recorded lifespan of 20 years.

What kind of animal is the collared petrel?

The collared petrel (Pterodroma brevipes) belongs to the family Procellariidae in the order Procellariiformes.

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

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BibTeX
@misc{collared_petrel_2026,
  title = {Collared petrel (Pterodroma brevipes)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/collared-petrel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}