Stejneger's Petrel

Pterodroma longirostrisOrder: PROCELLARIIFORMESFamily: Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)
Stejneger's Petrel Portrait
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Range Map for Stejneger's Petrel

Overview

Stejneger's Petrel: Small petrel with gray-brown upperparts, dark gray rump, white underparts. Black head, nape, bill. White face. Gray-brown upperwing, black greater coverts and outer primaries forming an M pattern across lower back. Legs and feet are blue-gray. Gray-brown tail mottled with white.

Range and Habitat

Stejneger's Petrel: Endemic breeder at Alejandro Selkirk island in the Juan Fernandez archipelago. Found in the Pacific from Juan Fernandez archipelago to southern California and east of Japan. Pelagic, only comes ashore to breed.

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Listen:

Voice Text

Generally silent

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Related Birds:

Black-vented Shearwater
Cook's Petrel
Bulwer's Petrel
Audubon's Shearwater
Mottled Petrel
Little Shearwater
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Family Petrel (Procellariidae)_blue
Species Pterodroma longirostris
Length12 Inches
Wingspan30 Inches

Stejneger's Petrel

Stejneger's Petrel: Small petrel with gray-brown upperparts, dark gray rump, white underparts. Black head, nape, bill. White face. Gray-brown upperwing, black greater coverts and outer primaries forming an M pattern across lower back. Legs and feet are blue-gray. Gray-brown tail mottled with white.

● Song: Generally silent

● Foraging & Feeding: Stejneger's Petrel: Eats squid and small fish; usually forages in flight by skimming, but sometimes plunge dives. Does not follow ships.

● Breeding & nesting: Stejneger's Petrel: One white egg is laid in a burrow or rock crevice. Incubation ranges from 51 to 54 days and is carried out by both parents.

● Similar species: Stejneger's Petrel: Cook's Petrel has paler crown and nape, and no contrast between crown and neck.

Flight Pattern

Rapid, erratic, and batlike flight with fast jerky wing beats followed by banking and arcing glides.
Stejneger's Petrel Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Stejneger's Petrel: Endemic breeder at Alejandro Selkirk island in the Juan Fernandez archipelago. Found in the Pacific from Juan Fernandez archipelago to southern California and east of Japan. Pelagic, only comes ashore to breed.
BreedingMonogamous, Colonial
PopulationAccidental to casual
MigrationMigratory
Weight12.2 Ounces