Galápagos Petrel

Pterodroma phaeopygia

The Galápagos Petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia) is a bird found in Ecuador. Found in Ecuador. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and fish. The IUCN Red List lists it as Critically Endangered.

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Scientific name	Pterodroma phaeopygia
Region	South America
Found in	Ecuador

🏡 Where the Galápagos Petrel lives

Found in Ecuador.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs50%
🐟 Fish50%

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 401 grams. It mostly eats insects and other small creatures and fish.

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Recorded by Jacob Guachisaca Salínas (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC800918. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Galápagos Petrel

Where does the Galápagos Petrel live?

The Galápagos Petrel lives in Ecuador. Found in Ecuador.

What does the Galápagos Petrel eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 50%), fish (about 50%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Galápagos 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.