Jun 6

Bird of the day

Cook's petrel

Pterodroma cookii

Cook's petrel (Pterodroma cookii) or tītī (Māori), blue-footed petrel, is a Procellariform seabird endemic to New Zealand. It is a member of the gadfly petrels and part of the subgenus Cookilaria Bonaparte, 1856, which includes the very similar Stejneger's petrel.

Aliases

Pterodroma cookii, Cook’s petrel

Range

Range map of Cook's petrel