BirdUp · Species
Tahiti Petrel
Pseudobulweria rostrata(Peale, 1849)
- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Pseudobulweria
- Commonness
- Local
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The Tahiti petrel is a medium-sized, dark brown and white seabird found across the Pacific Ocean. The species comprises two subspecies: P. r. rostrata which breeds in the west-central Pacific Ocean, and P. r. trouessarti which breeds in the tropical and subtropical Pacific Ocean. The Tahiti petrel belongs to the Procellariidae family and is the most studied member of the Pseudobulweria genus which comprises three critically endangered species. Similarly, the Tahiti petrel is considered near threatened by the 2018 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Threats include introduced rats, feral cats, pigs, dogs, nickel mining, and light pollution.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Grande Terre (New Caledonia), Gau (Fiji; south-west Polynesia), American Samoa (central Polynesia), Society, Marquesas and Gambier is. (south-east Tuamotu Is.; east Polynesia)
- Non-breeding range
- To tropical Pacific Ocean waters off New Guinea and north Australia, and east-central Pacific coast of Mexico and Central America
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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