Pterodroma inexpectata, Mottled petrel
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Pterodroma inexpectata   (Forster, 1844)

Mottled petrel
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Aves | Procellariiformes | Procellariidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Others.  Temperate

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific, Northwest Atlantic and the Arctic. Subtropical to temperate.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 35.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8812); max. published weight: 323.00 g (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

Wing: 25.65 cm.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Total Length: 33 to 35 cm; Wingspan: 74 to 75 cm (Ref. 8812). Total population is 10,000 to 50,000 pairs (Ref. 84934). Scavenging; surface seizing and plunging (Ref. 356).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Enticott, J. and D. Tipling 1997 Seabirds of the World: the complete reference. Singapore: New Holland (Publishers) Ltd. 234 p. (Ref. 84934)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Near Threatened (NT) (B2b(iv); D2); Date assessed: 07 August 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO - Publication: search | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 71543)		 Low vulnerability (25 of 100).
Price category
(Ref. 80766):		 Unknown.