Bulwer's Petrel Photo Gallery

A small, all-dark petrel with a light-brown carpal bar running diagonally across the upper side of the wing.

A small, slim petrel with long, pointed wings and a tapered tail.

A small, all-dark petrel with long wings and a long, tapered tail. Flies close to the ocean surface, alternating short bursts of wingbeats with brief glides. Plucks fish from the water surface, sometimes while pattering with wings raised like a storm-petrel.

Typically flies low over the ocean, alternating a few short wingbeats with brief, twisting glides.

Note graduated tail, stout bill, and pale legs.

At a distance, note all-dark plumage; long, slender, pointed wings; and long tail tapering to a blunt point.