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Grey Petrel

Procellaria cinerea Gmelin, JF 1789

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Grey Petrel - Procellaria cinerea David Boyle 2022-03-10 Point Gap, Chatham Island, Chatham Island (main) (New Zealand) (10 m) adult, male, song -

This vagrant Grey Petrel has returned for a third season trying to squeeze into a Little Blue Penguin nestbox at Point Gap - its the same bird as XC 654107 & XC638281. I'm still waiting for a calm night when the bird is in & there's no swell! Recorded passively with a Zoom H5 & stereo Clippy mics

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

708328
xeno-canto.org
Grey Petrel - Procellaria cinerea Derren Fox 2016-02-25 Gonydale, Gough Island, Gough Island (Gough Island) (500 m) call, song -

A single adult Grey petrel calling from inside a burrow on Gough Island, in pre egg laying period. Recorded from just outside the burrow.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

310325
xeno-canto.org
Grey Petrel - Procellaria cinerea Chris Taylor 2016-03-05 Gough Island, Tristan da Cunha archipelago, Gough Island (Gough Island) (500 m) Calling in burrow, call -

Two or three adults calling from the same chambre/burrow system.

Recorded a few weeks before egg laying starts.

Most birds (90%) do not occupy the burrows during the day at this time (early March). Returning after dark to nest build and defend burrows.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

305919
xeno-canto.org
Grey Petrel - Procellaria cinerea David Boyle 2021-03-30 Point Gap, Chatham Island, Chatham Island (main) (New Zealand) (10 m) adult, male, song -

An out of range Grey Petrel that's occupying a penguin nestbox at Point Gap for the second winter - pretty impossible to get a night with either no sea noise or no wind

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

638281
xeno-canto.org
Grey Petrel - Procellaria cinerea David Boyle 2021-05-24 Point Gap, Chatham Island, Chatham Island (main) (New Zealand) (10 m) adult, male, song -

Long recording of the same vagrant Grey Petrel as XC638281, on a rare calm night with little noise from the sea

654107
xeno-canto.org
Gray Petrel - Procellaria cinerea Ian Sinclair 1980-04 Prince Edward Islands; Marion Island, South Africa, South Africa (South Africa)   -   102179
macaulaylibrary.org

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