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Pycroft's petrel

Pterodroma pycrofti Falla, 1933

VUVulnerablebirds

The pycroft's petrel (Pterodroma pycrofti) is a species in the family Procellariidae, order Procellariiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 159 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Pycroft's petrel (Pterodroma pycrofti)
Photo: Auckland Museum · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the pycroft's petrel

Weight
159 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
53 cmsrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
17 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
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the pycroft's petrel?

PYCROFT'S PETREL · WINGSPAN 53 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 53 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the pycroft's petrel is about 31% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Photos of the pycroft's petrel

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Pycroft's petrel (Pterodroma pycrofti)
API data Catalogue record Photo · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the pycroft'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 pycroft'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 pycroft's petrel?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Pycroft's petrel (Pterodroma pycrofti) is a species of seabird in the petrel and shearwater family Procellariidae.

From the Wikipedia article “Pycroft's petrel” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pycroft%27s_petrel&oldid=1357657915), 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 pycroft's petrel endangered?

The pycroft'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 pycroft's petrel classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderProcellariiformes
  5. familyProcellariidae
  6. genusPterodroma
  7. SpeciesPterodroma pycrofti Falla, 1933

Synonyms Pterodorma pycrofti, Pterodroma longirostris pycrofti

Other names and names in other languages (40)
  • نوء بيكروفتArabic
  • petrell de PycroftCatalan
  • Pterodroma pycroftiCebuano
  • buřňák PycroftůvCzech
  • buřňák tmavouchýCzech
  • pedryn PycroftWelsh
  • Newzealandsk PetrelDanish
  • PycroftsturmvogelGerman
  • Pycroft-SturmvogelGerman
  • Pikrofta petreloEsperanto
  • nordinsula petreloEsperanto
  • Petrel de PycroftSpanish
  • Petrel de Pycroft ca Petrell de PycroftSpanish
  • pruuntiib-tormilindEstonian
  • مرغ باران پایکرافتPersian
  • uudenseelanninviistäjäFinnish
  • Pétrel de PycroftFrench
  • Diablotin de PycroftFrench
  • sivovrati zovojCroatian
  • Pycroftova burnicaCroatian
  • Pycroft-viharmadárHungarian
  • Petrello di PycroftItalian
  • ウスヒメシロハラミズナギドリJapanese
  • Naujosios Zelandijos audrašauklisLithuanian
  • Pycroft-stormvogelDutch
  • Pycrofts StormvogelDutch
  • maoripetrellNorwegian
  • petrel klifowyPolish
  • freira-de-pycroftPortuguese
  • freira-neozelandesaPortuguese
  • grazina-de-pycroftPortuguese
  • Тайфунник ПайкрофтаRussian
  • Оклендский тайфунникRussian
  • tajfúnnik ostrovnýSlovak
  • whakaupetrellSwedish
  • pycroftpetrellSwedish
  • Pycroft FırtınakuşuTurkish
  • тайфунник кліфовийUkrainian
  • 新西兰圆尾鹱Chinese
  • 比柯氏圓尾鸌Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the pycroft's petrel

Other species in the same genus Pterodroma.

ComparePycroft's petrel vs Bermuda petrelPycroft's petrel vs Great-winged petrelPycroft's petrel vs Soft-plumaged petrelPycroft's petrel vs Black-winged petrel

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the pycroft's petrel?

An adult pycroft's petrel weighs 159 g and has a wingspan of 53 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the pycroft's petrel live?

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

Is the pycroft's petrel endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the pycroft's petrel?

The pycroft's petrel (Pterodroma pycrofti) 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{pycrofts_petrel_2026,
  title = {Pycroft's petrel (Pterodroma pycrofti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pycrofts-petrel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}