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 NT    Jouanin's Petrel* Id (Atlas): 762
    Bulweria fallax Vagrant

Description (10)
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Family
Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters)

Size
30 - 32 cm
Wingspan: 75 cm

First Described (Guide)
Jouanin, 1955

Derivation
Bulweria - Rev. James Bulwer (1794 - 1879), Norfolk clergyman and amateur naturalist: fall'-ax - L., deceptive

Abundance (Guide)
R - V

Rare vagrant.

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

Range (Guide)
Oman (NB), Somalia (NB), Yemen (B) (NB).

Vagrant to Djibouti, Indonesia, Kenya, Maldives, Mozambique, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles.

North-western Indian Ocean, breeding grounds undiscovered; suspected to breed in Oman, either inland in desert mountains, or along coast, e.g. on Kuria Muria Is.
 
Image of Range of Jouanin's Petrel
Endemic in north-western Indian Ocean, from the southern Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, coasts of south-eastern Arabia and throughout Arabian Sea south to Kenya.
 
Rarity Status
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Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and increasing.

Status NT
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Fish, squid and other marine life.

Breeding Season (Guide)
Does not breed in Australia.

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Subspecies
Formerly considered conspecific with Bulwer's Petrel (Bulweria bulwerii).

No subspecies.

Similar Species
Bulwer's Petrel (Bulweria bulwerii) which is smaller , has a smaller bill and head and has a pale diagonal bar on the upperwing coverts.

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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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