Dark-rumped Petrel

Pterodroma phaeopygiaOrder: PROCELLARIIFORMESFamily: Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)
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Range Map for Dark-rumped Petrel

Overview

Dark-rumped Petrel: Medium petrel with dark slate-gray upperparts and white underparts. Sides of neck and underwing margins are dark. Bill is relatively short, black, and hooked. Legs and feet are pink-brown. Tail is white and wedge-shaped. Feeds on suqid, crustaceans, and fish. AKA Galapagos Petrel.

Range and Habitat

Dark-rumped Petrel: Found only on the Galapagos and Hawaiian Islands. Nests in a variety of environments from rain forests to sub-alpine rocky cliffs and will breed successfully as long as they are protected from predators. Pelagic; comes to land only to breed.

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Listen:

Voice Text

"oo ah oo"

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Related Birds:

Bulwer's Petrel
Mottled Petrel
Murphy's Petrel
Bermuda Petrel
Black-capped Petrel
Herald Petrel
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Family Petrel (Procellariidae)_blue
Species Pterodroma phaeopygia
Length16 Inches
Wingspan36 Inches

Dark-rumped Petrel

Dark-rumped Petrel: Medium petrel with dark slate-gray upperparts and white underparts. Sides of neck and underwing margins are dark. Bill is relatively short, black, and hooked. Legs and feet are pink-brown. Tail is white and wedge-shaped. Feeds on suqid, crustaceans, and fish. AKA Galapagos Petrel.

● Song: "oo ah oo"

● Foraging & Feeding: Dark-rumped Petrel: Feeds on squid, crustaceans, and fish. Forages by seizing prey at water surface; also scavenges.

● Breeding & nesting: Dark-rumped Petrel: One white egg is laid in a burrow on a large rock outcrop, under a cinder cone, or under old lichen-covered lava at elevations above 7,200 ft. Eggs are incubated for 55 days.

● Similar species: Dark-rumped Petrel: Juan Fernandez Petrel has an indistinct or partial dark stripe on underwings and a definite "M" across upperparts.

Flight Pattern

Erratic, high-arching and swooping flight.
Dark-rumped Petrel Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Dark-rumped Petrel: Found only on the Galapagos and Hawaiian Islands. Nests in a variety of environments from rain forests to sub-alpine rocky cliffs and will breed successfully as long as they are protected from predators. Pelagic; comes to land only to breed.
BreedingMonogamous, Mates for life
PopulationEndangered in limited range in U.S.
MigrationMigratory
Weight12 Ounces