| Black petrel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Procellariidae |
| Genus: | Procellaria |
| Species: | P. parkinsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Procellaria parkinsoni Gray, 1862
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The black petrel (Procellaria parkinsoni), (Māori: tāiko, or tākoketai)[2] also called Parkinson's petrel, is a medium-sized, black-plumaged petrel, the smallest of the Procellaria. The species is an endemic breeder of New Zealand, breeding only on Great Barrier Island and Little Barrier Island, off the North Island. At sea it disperses as far as Australia and Ecuador.
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Procellaria parkinsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22698150A132629374. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22698150A132629374.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Black petrel | Tāiko". nzbirdsonline.org.nz. Retrieved 2023-09-07.