Mottled Petrel

Pterodroma inexpectata

IUCN: Near Threatened

Taxonomy

Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Procellariidae
Genus
Pterodroma
eBird Code
motpet

Distribution

breeds islets off Fiordland and in Lake Hauroko (southwestern South Island), in Foveaux Strait and around Stewart island, and Snares Islands (New Zealand); forages to subantarctic and Antarctic waters, and southeastern Australia; migrates to Bering Sea

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.