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Mascarene Petrel

Pseudobulweria aterrima(Bonaparte, 1857)

Critically EndangeredNative
Order
PROCELLARIIFORMES
Conservation
Critically Endangered
Commonness
Rare

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The Mascarene petrel is a medium-sized, dark petrel.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
Montane Réunion (west Mascarenes; formerly also Rodrigues)
Non-breeding range
To Seychelles, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal and Timor Sea (north of west Australia)

05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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