White-headed Petrel

Pterodroma lessonii - Pétrel de Lesson

Pétrel de Lesson
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Procellariiformes

  • Family
    :

    Procellariidés

  • Genus
    :

    Pterodroma

  • Species
    :

    lessonii

Descriptor

Garnot, 1826

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 46 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 109 cm.
  • Weight
    : 580 à 810 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Pétrel de Lesson
adult
Pétrel de Lesson

White-headed Petrel (Pterodroma lessonii) is a species of bird in the Procellariidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Pétrel de Lesson,
  • Petrel cabeciblanco,
  • freira-de-cabeça-branca,
  • Weißkopf-Sturmvogel,
  • fehérfejű viharmadár,
  • Witkopstormvogel,
  • Petrello testabianca,
  • vithuvad petrell,
  • Hvithodepetrell,
  • tajfúnnik bielohlavý,
  • buřňák bělohlavý,
  • Hvidhovedet Petrel,
  • valkopääviistäjä,
  • Witkopstormvoël,
  • petrell capblanc,
  • petrel białogłowy,
  • Белоголовый тайфунник,
  • メグロシロハラミズナギドリ,
  • 白头圆尾鹱,
  • vithuvad petrell,
  • 白頭圓尾鸌,

Habitat

Pétrel de Lesson

Shrubland : Subantarctic ; Grassland : Subantarctic ; Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m)

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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