Birds of the World

Procellariidae : Petrels & Shearwaters

Grey-faced Petrel

Pterodroma gouldi

Kaikoura, New Zealand - November 2005

Grey-faced Petrel ranges widely in the southwest Pacific and Tasman Sea. It breeds at numerous sites on North Island, New Zealand and its offshore islands and is regularly seen off the coasts of southeastern Australia.

Kaikoura, New Zealand - November 2005

It was formerly considered conspecific with Great-winged Petrel ( P. macroptera).