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title: "Bulwers stormvogel"
description: "Bulweria bulwerii — Vogels. Bulwer's petrel (Bulweria bulwerii) is a small petrel in the family Procellariidae that is found in tropical and subtropical regions of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/bulwer-s-petrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bulwers stormvogel

> Bulweria bulwerii — Vogels. Bulwer's petrel (Bulweria bulwerii) is a small petrel in the family Procellariidae that is found in tropical and subtropical regions of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.

- Scientific name: *Bulweria bulwerii*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 772
- Wikidata: [Q129413](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129413)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4134](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4134)

## Names

- en: Bulwer's Petrel
- de: Bulwersturmvogel
- es: Petrel de Bulwer
- fr: Pétrel de Bulwer
- nl: Bulwers stormvogel
- pt: Alma-negra
- pl: Tajfunnik cienkodzioby

## Countries with the most observations

PT (75), TW (60), US (59), ID (16), ES (9), CN (6), JP (4)

## Summary

Bulwer's petrel (Bulweria bulwerii) is a small petrel in the family Procellariidae that is found in tropical and subtropical regions of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is named after the English naturalist James Bulwer.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulwer%27s_petrel

## Photo

![Bulwers stormvogel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bulwer-s-petrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Damien Wallace · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/383880637

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bulwer-s-petrel?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).