Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
. Tropical
Pacific Ocean and Western Central Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 81.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 8812); poids max. publié: 2.9 kg (Ref. 356)
Description synthétique
Morphologie
Wing: 20.3 cm.
Total Length: 79 to 89 cm (Ref. 8812). Total annual breeding population of some 362,000 pairs representing about 1,200,000 to 1,400,000 birds (Ref. 84934). Occurs over open ocean (Refs. 356, 122680). Mainly feeds at night and often far from breeding colony. Forages with conspecifics, but rarely with other species. Seizes prey from the surface while sitting on the water. Scavenges on carrion and follows fishing boats. Diet consists mainly of squid as well as deep-water crustaceans, fish and flyingfish eggs (Ref. 122680).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Breeding birds arrive at the islands in the first week of November, egg laying starts late November to early December. Eggs start to hatch in late January to early February, and by the second week of August all birds have fled the island (Ref. 96995).
Lepage, D. 2007. (Ref. 7816)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
statut CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Utilisations par l'homme
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Outils
Sources Internet
Estimates based on models
Résilience
Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (K=3.4-9.56).
Vulnérabilité
Moderate to high vulnerability (52 of 100).
Catégorie de prix
Unknown.
