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Soft-plumaged petrel

Pterodroma mollis (Gould, 1844)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The soft-plumaged petrel (Pterodroma mollis) is a species in the family Procellariidae, order Procellariiformes. Recorded adults weigh 300 g to 312 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Soft-plumaged petrel (Pterodroma mollis)
Photo: JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the soft-plumaged petrel

Weight
300 g – 312 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
83 cm – 95 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
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
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 soft-plumaged petrel?

SOFT-PLUMAGED PETREL · WINGSPAN 95 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 95 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the soft-plumaged petrel is about 56% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Photos of the soft-plumaged petrel

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Soft-plumaged petrel (Pterodroma mollis)
ZooPro at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the soft-plumaged 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 soft-plumaged 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 soft-plumaged petrel?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The soft-plumaged petrel (Pterodroma mollis) is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae.

From the Wikipedia article “Soft-plumaged petrel” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Soft-plumaged_petrel&oldid=1379047500), 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 soft-plumaged petrel endangered?

The soft-plumaged 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 soft-plumaged petrel classified?

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

Synonyms Aestrelata mollis, Oestrelata mollis, Procellaria mollis, Pterodroma deceptornis, Pterodroma dubia, Pterodroma mollis dubia, Pterodroma mollis mollis

Other names and names in other languages (46)
  • Soft plumaged petrelEnglish
  • DonsveerstormvoëlAfrikaans
  • نوء ناعم الريشArabic
  • petrell sedósCatalan
  • buřňák hebkýCzech
  • buřňák kerguelenskýCzech
  • pedryn mwythbluWelsh
  • FløjlspetrelDanish
  • WeichfedersturmvogelGerman
  • Weichfeder-SturmvogelGerman
  • Silka petreloEsperanto
  • molpluma petreloEsperanto
  • Petrel suaveSpanish
  • Petrel collar grisSpanish
  • Petrel de collar grisSpanish
  • samet-tormilindEstonian
  • vyöviistäjäFinnish
  • Pétrel soyeuxFrench
  • Diablotin soyeuxFrench
  • Peitreal clumhbhogIrish
  • סערון צווארוןHebrew
  • sivi zovojCroatian
  • selymes viharmadárHungarian
  • UnnardrúðiIcelandic
  • Petrello piumosoItalian
  • Petrello sofficeItalian
  • カオジロミズナギドリJapanese
  • atlantinis audrašauklisLithuanian
  • zīda vētrasputnsLatvian
  • MpamolandyMalagasy
  • donsstormvogelDutch
  • silkepetrellNorwegian
  • petrel miękkopióryPolish
  • freira-suavePortuguese
  • freira-de-penas-lisasPortuguese
  • grazina-delicadaPortuguese
  • Мягкопёрый тайфунникRussian
  • AtlánttastoarbmaloddiNorthern Sami
  • tajfúnnik hodvábnySlovak
  • puhasti švigavecSlovenian
  • sammetspetrellSwedish
  • Pufla FırtınakuşuTurkish
  • тайфунник м’якоперийUkrainian
  • Тайфунник м'якоперийUkrainian
  • 柔羽圆尾鹱Chinese
  • 柔羽圓尾鸌Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the soft-plumaged 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 soft-plumaged petrel?

An adult soft-plumaged petrel weighs 300 g – 312 g and has a wingspan of 83 cm – 95 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the soft-plumaged petrel live?

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

Is the soft-plumaged petrel endangered?

The soft-plumaged 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 soft-plumaged petrel?

The soft-plumaged petrel (Pterodroma mollis) 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). Soft-plumaged petrel (Pterodroma mollis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/soft-plumaged-petrel

MLA

“Soft-plumaged petrel (Pterodroma mollis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/soft-plumaged-petrel.

BibTeX
@misc{soft_plumaged_petrel_2026,
  title = {Soft-plumaged petrel (Pterodroma mollis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/soft-plumaged-petrel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}