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Providence Petrel - BirdForum Opus

a.k.a. Solander's Petrel

Pterodroma solandri
Photo by joe cockram on Wollongong Pelagic

Identification

40cm. This bird is endangered because its breeding is confined to two mountain tops and one tiny islet.

Distribution

Lord Howe Island, 800km from the Australian mainland in the Tasman Sea.

Taxonomy

Habitat

Mountain tops

Behaviour

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