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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Salvin's Prion* |
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Pachyptila salvini |
Winter Resident |
Description (7)
Other Names (World)
Salvin's Prion, Lesser Broaded-billed Prion, Medium-billed Prion, Marion Island Prion
Family
Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters)
Size
25 - 30 cm
Wingspan: 58 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Mathews, 1912)
Derivation
Pach-y-ptil'-a - Gk, pachys, thick; Gk, ptilon, feather: sal-vi-ni - O. Salvin (1835 - 1898), noted ornithologist and authority on sea birds
Abundance (Guide)
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Common visitor to southern Australian offshore waters during June - October. It's presence often revealed by many dead and dying birds washed up on beaches.
Habitat
Marine, pelagic, in sub-Antarctic and adjacent Antarctic and sub-tropical waters.
Australia, Chile, French Southern Territories (B), New Zealand, Peru, South Africa (B).
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Fairly common in the seas off southern Australia.
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Rarity Status
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Population
Estimated population is 12,000,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Food
Mostly crustaceans, and small fish with some cephalopods.
Voice
A loud 'ka-kaka-du'. Otherwise not well known.
Breeding Season (Guide)
Does not breed in Australia. Breeds only on Marion Island and the Crozets in the southern Indian Ocean (October - January).
Nest
A chamber at the end of a burrow, lined with leaves and twigs.
Eggs (Guide)
1; smooth, dull, white, becoming stained; oval; about 49 x 36 mm. Incubation: about 44 - 49 days; by both sexes. No replacement laying.
Young
Semi-altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in 52 - 63 days. Fed by both parents by incomplete regurgitation.
Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
- salvini (Mathews, 1912) - Breeds on Marion and Prince Edward Island and Iles Crozet.
- macgillivrayi (Mathews, 1912) - Iles St Paul and Amsterdam Island. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, MacGillivray's Prion (Pachyptila macgillivrayi).
Similar Species
Antarctic Prion (Pachyptila desolata) to which it is vitually identical, but has a shorter and slightly narrower bill.
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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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