Hawaiian petrel

Pterodroma sandwichensis

The Hawaiian petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) is a bird found in United States. Found in the United States. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and fish. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

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Scientific name	Pterodroma sandwichensis
Region	North America
Found in	United States

🏡 Where the Hawaiian petrel lives

Found in the United States.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs50%
🐟 Fish50%

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

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

EndangeredVery few are left in the wild.

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

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Recorded by Saxony Charlot (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1051013. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Hawaiian petrel

Where does the Hawaiian petrel live?

The Hawaiian petrel lives in United States. Found in the United States.

What does the Hawaiian 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 Hawaiian petrel endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

More birds from North America

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