Soft-plumaged Petrel (Pterodroma mollis)
About the Soft-plumaged Petrel
The soft-plumaged petrel (Pterodroma mollis) is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae. It breeds on islands in the Southern Hemisphere, nesting on Tristan da Cunha, Gough Island, the Prince Edward Islands, Crozet Islands, Macquarie Island, and on the Antipodes Islands of New Zealand. Small numbers breed in the Maatsuyker Island Group of southern Tasmania. It disperses outside the breeding season, reaching eastern South America north to Brazil, southern Africa and Australia. It has occurred as a vagrant in Norway and Jordan. Fea's petrel (P. feae), Desertas petrel (P. desertae) and Zino's petrel (P. madeira) of the North Atlantic were formerly treated as subspecies of this bird.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 5 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Australia, New Zealand in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Other birds you can hear here
- Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotusrecording
- Australian Golden WhistlerPachycephala pectoralisrecording
- Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicenrecording
- Baillon's CrakeZapornia pusillarecording
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicarecording
- Black SwanCygnus atratusrecording
These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.