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 VU    Chatham Petrel* Id (Atlas):
    Pterodroma axillaris

Description (10)
Image of Chatham Petrel
 

Family
Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters)

Size
30 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Salvin, 1893)

Derivation
Pter-o'-drom'-a - Gk, pteron, wing; Gk, dromos, race, running: ax-il-la'-ris - Gk, axilla, shoulder

Habitat
Marine, pelagic.

Range (Guide)
New Zealand (B), Southwest Pacific (B).

Rangitira I (formerly South east I) in Chatham Is.
 
Population
Estimated population is 500 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Not known but probably fish, squid and other marine life.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

 
Chatham Petrel (Pterodroma axillaris) [XC870930]
     by David Boyle from Sweetwater Conservation Covenant, Chatham Island, New Zealand (flight call, wing beats)

 
Chatham Petrel (Pterodroma axillaris) [XC467606]
     by id from Rangatira, Chatham Islands, New Zealand (call, wing noises)

Nest
In a chamber at the end of a burrow, a shallow or deep bowl, lined with dead leaves and some twigs

Eggs (Guide)
?; white; oval; 52 x 38 mm. Incubation: about 10 - 15 days; both sexes.

Young
Semi-altricial, nidicolous.

Subspecies
No subspecies.


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


Files:
JPG files for Chatham Petrel (Pterodroma axillaris) - 10 files


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