Biology:Mottled petrel

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Short description: Species of bird

Mottled petrel
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Genus: Pterodroma
Species:
P. inexpectata
Binomial name
Pterodroma inexpectata
Pterodroma inexpectata map.svg
Synonyms

Procellaria inexpectata J. R. Forster, 1844

Procellaria raolensis Bonaparte, 1857 (nomen novum)

Procellaria gularis Peale, 1848

Procellaria affinis Buller, 1874

Aestrelata fisheri Ridgway, 1883

Aestrelata scalaris Brewster, 1896

Procellaria lugens Mathews, 1912

Pterodroma neglus Mathews, 1928 (nomen novum)

Pterodroma inexpectata thompsoni Mathews, 1915

The mottled petrel (Pterodroma inexpectata) or kōrure is a species of seabird and a member of the gadfly petrels. It usually attains 33 to 35 cm (13–14 in) in length with a 74 to 82 cm (29–32 in) wingspan.

This species is highly pelagic, rarely approaching land, except to nest and rear young. The mottled petrel feeds mostly on fish and squid, with some crustaceans taken. It is a transequatorial migrant, breeding in the islands of New Zealand, and migrating to the Bering Sea, concentrating in the Gulf of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands.

The mottled petrel uses burrows and rock crevices to nest in. It was formerly more numerous than today. The species' numbers have been and continue to be affected by predation by introduced mammals. Chicks have been reintroduced to Maungaharuru, hills 24 km from the sea, in Hawke's Bay.[2]

References

  • "National Geographic" Field Guide to the Birds of North America ISBN:0-7922-6877-6
  • Seabirds, an Identification Guide by Peter Harrison, (1983) ISBN:0-7470-1410-8
  • Handbook of the Birds of the World Vol 1, Josep del Hoyo editor, ISBN:84-87334-10-5
  • "National Audubon Society" The Sibley Guide to Birds, by David Allen Sibley, ISBN:0-679-45122-6

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1262679 entry