Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pterodroma inexpectata
Petrel moteado, Mottled Petrel
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Procellariidae
Genus
Pterodroma
Species
inexpectata
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: Francisco Cruz (personal communication) reported an exhausted bird which may have been this species grounded on Cerro San Joaquín, San Cristóbal in July 2002; The bird later flew away.
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- IUCN (2015) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2015.
- Lévêque, R. Bowman, R.I. & Billeb, S.L.. (1966) Migrants in the Galapagos area. Condor 68(1): 81-101.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Pterodroma inexpectata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5164. Accessed 31 October 2026.