Procellariidae () |
45 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 750.0 g |
others; marine; depth range 0 - 28 m |
Indo-Pacific. Tropical to temperate. |
Tarsus: 5.6 cm; wing: 32.45 cm. |
Total Length: 41 to 45 cm; Wingspan: 99 to 106 cm (Ref. 8812). Pursuit plunging. Breeds in the south Pacific Ocean during the Austral summer; non-breeding birds migrate across the equator to spend the boreal summer throughout the subarctic north Pacific Ocean (Ref. 356). |
Near Threatened (NT); Date assessed: 07 August 2018 (A2bcde+3bcde+4bcde) Ref. 123251)
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It arrives on the island in October in large numbers and digs out burrows often several feet in length on the edge of cliffs or on margins of inland terraces (Ref. 89299). C: Refs. 89299, 106682. |
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