Fiji petrel

Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi

The Fiji petrel (Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi) is a bird found in Fiji. Found in Fiji. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and fish. The IUCN Red List lists it as Critically Endangered.

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Scientific name	Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi
Region	Australia & Oceania
Found in	Fiji

🏡 Where the Fiji petrel lives

Found in Fiji.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs80%
🐟 Fish20%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Critically EndangeredAlmost gone from the wild.

💡 It weighs about 143 grams. It mostly eats insects and other small creatures.

Hear the Fiji petrel

Recorded by Eleazar O'Connor (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1175199. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Fiji petrel

Where does the Fiji petrel live?

The Fiji petrel lives in Fiji. Found in Fiji.

What does the Fiji petrel eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 80%), fish (about 20%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Fiji petrel endangered?

Almost gone from the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Critically Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.