Bulwer's Petrel (Bulweria bulwerii)

Family
Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters)

Size
26 - 27 cm
Wingspan: 70 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Jardine & Selby, 1828)

Derivation
Bulweria - Rev. James Bulwer (1794 - 1879), Norfolk clergyman and amateur naturalist: bulwerii - Rev. James Bulwer (1794 - 1879), Norfolk clergyman and amateur naturalist

Abundance (Guide)
V

May be quite common in waters of north-western Australian during September - April. Elsewhere, rare vagrant.

Habitat
Marine, pelagic, mainly in tropical and sub-tropical seas of the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

Range (Guide)

Aruba, Cape Verde, China (mainland), French Guiana, French Polynesia (B), Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati (B), Malaysia, Marshall Islands (NB), Mauritania, Micronesia [Federated States of] (NB), Morocco, Netherlands Antilles, Northern Mariana Islands (NB), Palau (NB), Portugal (B), Senegal, Spain (B), St Helena, Taiwan (China), Timor-Leste (NB), United States Minor Outlying Islands (B), USA (B).

Vagrant to Australia, Barbados, France, India, Ireland, Italy, Maldives, Netherlands Antilles, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago.

Unknown to S�o Tom� e Principe (B).

Pantropical: in eastern Atlantic, from Azores south to Cape Verde Is; in Pacific, from eastern China and Bonin Is east to Hawaii, Phoenix and Marquesas Is.

May be quite common in north-western Australia seas from September - April. Rare vagrant to north-eastern coast.

Rarity Status
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Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 1,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Fish, squid and other marine life.

Voice
Usually silent.

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Bulwer's Petrel (Bulweria bulwerii) [XC619502]
by Marcel Gil Velasco from Monta\u00f1a Clara, Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (song)

Bulwer's Petrel (Bulweria) [XC619497]
by Marcel Gil Velasco from Monta\u00f1a Clara, Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (song)

Breeding Season (Guide)
Does not breed in Australia. Breeds in north-eastern Atlantic Ocean and north-western central Pacific Ocean.

Subspecies
Sometimes considered to include Jouanin's Petrel (Bulweria fallax).

No subspecies.

Similar Species
Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates matsudairae), Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates monorhis) (Oceanodroma monorhiss), Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna pacifica), Christmas Shearwater (Puffinus nativitatis), Jouanin's Petrel (Bulweria fallax) and Fiji Petrel (Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi) (Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi).

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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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