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 EN    Barau's Petrel Id (Atlas): 775
    Pterodroma baraui Vagrant

Description (10)
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Family
Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters)

Size
37 - 39 cm
Wingspan: 96 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Jouanin, 1964)

Derivation
Pter-o'-drom'-a - Gk, pteron, wing; Gk, dromos, race, running: baraui - M. Armand Barau, agronomist and ornithologist

Abundance (Guide)
V

Extremely rare or accidental to coastal waters of Western Australia.

Habitat
Marine, pelagic, in tropical and sub-tropical seas of the Indian Ocean.

Range (Guide)
Eastern Indian Ocean (NB), Indonesia (NB), Réunion (B), Western Indian Ocean (B) (NB).

Vagrant to Australia, Mauritius, Mozambique, South Africa.

Reunion and Rodrigues I in western Indian Ocean.
 
Image of Range of Barau's Petrel
Breeds on islands off Madagascar. Extremely rare accidental to coastal waters of Western Australia.
 
Rarity Status
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Population
Estimated population is 6,000 - 8,000 (2010) and decreasing.

Status EN
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Fish, squid and other marine life.

Voice
Noisy and gregarious at breeding colonies, uttering a high-pitched 'ti-ti-ti' or low-pitched 'kek-kek-kek' in flight. Presumably silent at sea.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

 
Barau's Petrel (Pterodroma baraui) [XC309352]
     by Daniel Danckwerts from Trois-Bassins, Saint-Paul, France (flight call)

 
Barau's Petrel (Pterodroma baraui) [XC309351]
     by id from Trois-Bassins, Saint-Paul, France (call, stress call)

Breeding Season (Guide)
Does not breed in Australia. Breeds on islands off Madagascar (November - April).

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Subspecies
No subspecies.

Similar Species
White-necked Petrel (Pterodroma cervicalis), Juan Fernandez Petrel (Pterodroma externa), Stejneger's Petrel (Pterodroma longirostris), Gould's Petrel (Pterodroma leucoptera), Buller's Shearwater (Ardenna bulleri) and Great Shearwater (Ardenna gravis).

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References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9


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