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Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel* |
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Hydrobates matsudairae |
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Description (10)
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Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel
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Other Scientific Names
Hydrobates matsudairae [Christidis and Boles (2008)]
Other Names (World)
Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel, Sooty Storm-Petrel, Matsudaira's Storm Petrel
Family
Hydrobatidae (Northern Storm-petrels)
Size
24 - 25 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Kuroda, 1922)
Derivation
Ö-ce-an-o'-dro-ma - Gk, from oceanodromos, ocean-running: Gk, matsudairae - Viscount Y. Matsudaira (1876 - 1945), committee member of Ornithological Society of Japan, who collected type-specimen
Habitat
Pelagic, adapted to warm waters, breeding in subtropical western Pacific Ocean and migrating through the Indonesian islands to tropical waters of the Indian Ocean in the non-breeding season.
Guam (NB), Indonesia, Japan (B), Kenya (NB), Northern Mariana Islands (NB), Palau (NB), Seychelles (NB), Somalia (NB).
Vagrant to Australia, Christmas Island.
Unknown to Micronesia [Federated States of].
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Breeding at Kita iwojima and Minami iwojima in Volcano Is to Seast of Japan.
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Population
Estimated population is 20,000 (2010).
Status VU
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Food
Surface plankton, fat from dead whales or seals.
Voice
Generally silent at sea.
Subspecies
Sometimes considered conspecific with Black Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates melania).
No subspecies.
Similar Species
Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates monorhis) which is larger and Tristram's Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates tristrami) which lacks a forewing patch, is generally grey in tone and has a more prominent upper wing-bar.
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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