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Gould's petrel

Pterodroma leucoptera (Gould, 1844)

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The gould's petrel (Pterodroma leucoptera) 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.

Gould's petrel (Pterodroma leucoptera)
Photo: Christopher Watson · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the gould's petrel

Weight
147.1 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
70.5 cmsrc for Wingspan
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

How big is the gould's petrel?

GOULD'S PETREL · WINGSPAN 71 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 71 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the gould's petrel is about 42% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the gould's 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 gould's 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 gould's petrel?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Gould's petrel (Pterodroma leucoptera) is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae. The common name commemorates the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould (1804–1881).

From the Wikipedia article “Gould's petrel” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gould%27s_petrel&oldid=1379776496), 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 gould's petrel endangered?

The gould's 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 gould's petrel classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderProcellariiformes
  5. familyProcellariidae
  6. genusPterodroma
  7. SpeciesPterodroma leucoptera (Gould, 1844)

Synonyms Cookilaria cookii byroni, Procellaria leucoptera, Pterodroma leucoptera caledonica, Pterodroma leucoptera caledonica, Pterodroma leucoptera leucoptera

Other names and names in other languages (48)
  • Collared petrelEnglish
  • Collared petrelEnglish
  • White-winged petrelEnglish
  • White-winged petrelEnglish
  • نوء غولدArabic
  • petrell de GouldCatalan
  • buřňák černohlavýCzech
  • pedryn GouldWelsh
  • BåndpetrelDanish
  • Brustband-SturmvogelGerman
  • Weißflügel-SturmvogelGerman
  • WeißflügelsturmvogelGerman
  • blankflugila petreloEsperanto
  • Blankaflugila petreloEsperanto
  • Petrel de GouldSpanish
  • Petrel aliblancoSpanish
  • melaneesia tormilindEstonian
  • Petrel hegalzuriBasque
  • مرغ باران گولدPersian
  • melanesianviistäjäFinnish
  • uudenkaledonianviistäjäFinnish
  • Pétrel de GouldFrench
  • Diablotin de GouldFrench
  • Peitreal muinceachIrish
  • bjelokrili zovojCroatian
  • Gouldova burnicaCroatian
  • Gould-viharmadárHungarian
  • DrafnardrúðiIcelandic
  • Petrello di GouldItalian
  • ミナミシロハラミズナギドリJapanese
  • baltasparnis audrašauklisLithuanian
  • Gulda vētrasputnsLatvian
  • Gould-stormvogelDutch
  • Goulds StormvogelDutch
  • sotkragepetrellNorwegian
  • petrel białolicyPolish
  • freira-de-garganta-brancaPortuguese
  • Белокрылый тайфунникRussian
  • GožučeabestoarbmaloddiNorthern Sami
  • tajfúnnik bielokrídlySlovak
  • pasasti švigavecSlovenian
  • Guldova burnicaSerbian
  • gouldpetrellSwedish
  • vitvingad petrellSwedish
  • Ak Kanatlı FırtınakuşuTurkish
  • тайфунник білолобийUkrainian
  • 厚嘴圓尾鸌Chinese
  • 白翅圆尾鹱Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the gould's petrel

Other species in the same genus Pterodroma.

CompareGould's petrel vs Bermuda petrelGould's petrel vs Great-winged petrelGould's petrel vs Soft-plumaged petrelGould's petrel vs Black-winged petrel

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the gould's petrel?

An adult gould's petrel weighs 147.1 g and has a wingspan of 70.5 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the gould's petrel live?

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

Is the gould's petrel endangered?

The gould's 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 gould's petrel live?

The gould's petrel has a recorded lifespan of 20 years.

What kind of animal is the gould's petrel?

The gould's petrel (Pterodroma leucoptera) 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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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Gould's petrel (Pterodroma leucoptera). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/goulds-petrel

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“Gould's petrel (Pterodroma leucoptera).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/goulds-petrel.

BibTeX
@misc{goulds_petrel_2026,
  title = {Gould's petrel (Pterodroma leucoptera)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/goulds-petrel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}