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Vanuatu petrel

Pterodroma occulta Imber & Tennyson, 2001

Status not recordedbirds

The vanuatu petrel (Pterodroma occulta) is a species in the family Procellariidae, order Procellariiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 430 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about the vanuatu petrel

Weight
430 g
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
1
Litters or clutches a year
1
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the vanuatu 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 vanuatu 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

Is the vanuatu petrel endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the vanuatu petrel classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderProcellariiformes
  5. familyProcellariidae
  6. genusPterodroma
  7. SpeciesPterodroma occulta Imber & Tennyson, 2001

Synonyms Pterodroma cervicalis occulta

Other names and names in other languages (25)
  • نوء فانواتوArabic
  • petrell de VanuatuCatalan
  • buřňák vanuatskýCzech
  • VanuatusturmvogelGerman
  • vanuatua petreloEsperanto
  • Petrel de VanuatuSpanish
  • vanuatunviistäjäFinnish
  • Pétrel de VanuatuFrench
  • Petrello delle VanuatuItalian
  • バヌアツシロハラミズナギドリJapanese
  • Vanuatu audrašauklisLithuanian
  • VanuatustormvogelDutch
  • vanuatupetrellNorwegian
  • petrel czapeczkowyPolish
  • freira-de-vanuatuPortuguese
  • Вануатский тайфунникRussian
  • tajfúnnik vanuatskýSlovak
  • Vanuatu FırtınakuşuTurkish
  • тайфунник вануатськийUkrainian
  • 萬那度圓尾鸌Chinese
  • Diablotin de VanuatuFrench
  • Vanuatinis audrašauklisLithuanian
  • grazina-de-vanuatuPortuguese
  • Вануатусский тайфунникRussian
  • 瓦努阿图圆尾鹱Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the vanuatu petrel

Other species in the same genus Pterodroma.

CompareVanuatu petrel vs Bermuda petrelVanuatu petrel vs Great-winged petrelVanuatu petrel vs Soft-plumaged petrelVanuatu petrel vs Black-winged petrel

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the vanuatu petrel?

An adult vanuatu petrel weighs 430 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the vanuatu petrel live?

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

What kind of animal is the vanuatu petrel?

The vanuatu petrel (Pterodroma occulta) 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). Vanuatu petrel (Pterodroma occulta). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/vanuatu-petrel

MLA

“Vanuatu petrel (Pterodroma occulta).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/vanuatu-petrel.

BibTeX
@misc{vanuatu_petrel_2026,
  title = {Vanuatu petrel (Pterodroma occulta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/vanuatu-petrel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}