Herald Petrel

Pterodroma heraldica

• Group: Other
• IUCN status: LC

A long winged gadfly petrel of warm offshore waters, it spends most of its life on the wing far from land. It snatches squid and small fish from the surface in fast banking flight, dipping down without ever settling for long.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Procellariiformes › Procellariidae › Pterodroma

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 405107.