How big does the Grey-Backed Storm Petrel get?

The Grey-Backed Storm Petrel grows to about 19 cm.

Grey-Backed Storm Petrel

Garrodia nereis

Group: Other
Max size: 19 cm
IUCN status: LC

Small and grey backed, this storm petrel patters across the surface of sub antarctic seas, dipping and plunging to pick up tiny prey. With a wingspan under forty centimetres, it is one of the smaller seabirds of the southern ocean.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Procellariiformes › Hydrobatidae › Garrodia

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 293022.

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How big does the Grey-Backed Storm Petrel get?: The Grey-Backed Storm Petrel grows to about 19 cm.