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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Others. Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Pacific Ocean and Western Central Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 81.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8812); max. published weight: 2.9 kg (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

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).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

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).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Lepage, D. 2007. (Ref. 7816)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Near Threatened (NT) (A4bd); Date assessed: 07 August 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

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Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=3.4-9.56).

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate to high vulnerability (52 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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