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Barau's Petrel

Pterodroma baraui(Jouanin, 1964)

EndangeredNative
Order
PROCELLARIIFORMES
Conservation
Endangered
Commonness
Rare

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

Barau's petrel is a medium-sized gadfly petrel from the family Procellariidae. Its main breeding site is the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
Montane Réunion (west Mascarenes, south-west Indian Ocean)
Non-breeding range
Tropical Indian Ocean mostly south of the Equator, off east and south Madagascar; to Arabian Sea and north-west Australian waters

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