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Magenta petrel

Pterodroma magentae (Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869)

CRCritically Endangeredbirds

The magenta petrel (Pterodroma magentae) is a species in the family Procellariidae, order Procellariiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 465 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Critically Endangered.

Magenta petrel (Pterodroma magentae)
Photo: en:User:Houi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the magenta petrel

Weight
465 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
1.02 msrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
25 years
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
Critically Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the magenta petrel?

MAGENTA PETREL · WINGSPAN 1.02 MADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.02 m, the recorded maximum wingspan of the magenta petrel is about 60% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the magenta 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 magenta 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 magenta petrel?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The magenta petrel (Pterodroma magentae), or Chatham Island tāiko, is a small seabird in the gadfly petrel genus, Pterodroma. Found exclusively on Chatham Island, New Zealand, it is one of the rarest birds in the world, believed to be extinct for over 100 years before its rediscovery in the 1970s.

From the Wikipedia article “Magenta petrel” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Magenta_petrel&oldid=1380703510), 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 magenta petrel endangered?

The magenta petrel is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces an extremely 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 Critically Endangered species. What the categories mean.

How is the magenta petrel classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderProcellariiformes
  5. familyProcellariidae
  6. genusPterodroma
  7. SpeciesPterodroma magentae (Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869)

Synonyms Aestrelata magentae

Other names and names in other languages (43)
  • Chatham island TaikoEnglish
  • Chatham island TaikoEnglish
  • Giglioli's fulmarEnglish
  • نوء ماجنتيArabic
  • Petrell de MagentaCatalan
  • petrell del MagentaCatalan
  • buřňák taikoCzech
  • taicoWelsh
  • MagentasturmvogelGerman
  • Magenta-SturmvogelGerman
  • Magenta petreloEsperanto
  • magentaa petreloEsperanto
  • Petrel taikoSpanish
  • Fardela taikoSpanish
  • taiko tormilindEstonian
  • مرغ باران سرخابیPersian
  • tyrskyviistäjäFinnish
  • Pétrel de MagentaFrench
  • Diablotin de MagentaFrench
  • Pétrel du MagentaFrench
  • čatamski zovojCroatian
  • Magenta burnicaCroatian
  • bíborvörös viharmadárHungarian
  • Petrello della MagentaItalian
  • マジェンタミズナギドリJapanese
  • tamsusis audrašauklisLithuanian
  • TaikoMāori
  • tāikoMāori
  • MagentastormvogelDutch
  • Magenta-stormvogelDutch
  • petrel reliktowyPolish
  • grazina-magentePortuguese
  • freira-de-barriga-branca-das-chathamPortuguese
  • freira-de-magentaPortuguese
  • Чатамский тайфунникRussian
  • Чатемский тайфунникRussian
  • Чатемский тайфунник-таикоRussian
  • tajfúnnik taikoSlovak
  • magentapetrellSwedish
  • Taiko FırtınakuşuTurkish
  • тайфунник новозеландськийUkrainian
  • 红圆尾鹱Chinese
  • 紅紫圓尾鸌Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the magenta 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 magenta petrel?

An adult magenta petrel weighs 465 g and has a wingspan of 1.02 m, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the magenta petrel live?

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

Is the magenta petrel endangered?

The magenta petrel is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the magenta petrel?

The magenta petrel (Pterodroma magentae) 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{magenta_petrel_2026,
  title = {Magenta petrel (Pterodroma magentae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/magenta-petrel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}