Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)
Black-winged Petrel (Pterodroma nigripennis) - HBW 1, p. 247
French: Pétrel à ailes noires
German: Schwarzflügel Sturmvogel
Spanish: Petrel Alinegro
Taxonomy: Oestrelata nigripennis Rothschild, 1893, Kermadec Islands.
Forms superspecies with P. axillaris. Usually forms part of assemblage referred to as subgenus Cookilaria. Monotypic.
Distribution: SW Pacific, from Lord Howe I and (?) E Australia to Kermadec Is, extending N to New Caledonia and S to Chatham Is; also Austral Is (SC Pacific).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An individual in fast flight Locality Norfolk Island (Monotypic species)
Peter Fraser 28 March 2007 4 years ago 1 sec 3.3 -
A slow motion close view of a bird flying Locality Norfolk Island (Monotypic species)
Peter Fraser 28 March 2007 4 years ago 2 sec 2.8 -
A distant bird in flight Locality Norfolk Island (Monotypic species)
Peter Fraser 28 March 2007 4 years ago 5 sec 2.3
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In flight showing diagnostic underwing
Locality Norfolk Island (Monotypic species)
Alan Tate 1 March 2007 2 years ago 3 -
One bird in company of Gould's Petrel
Locality Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Tom Tarrant 20 February 2010 49 weeks ago 2.8
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