- Pterodroma hypoleuca
Identification
30 cm
- White head and body
- Black cap and facial markings
- Pale grey upperparts
- Dark primaries and wing coverts (creating a M mark over the back)
- White underwing with dark edges
- Dark grey tail
- Dark half collar on breast
- Short black hooked bill
- Pink legs and feet with dark patches
Distribution
Volcano, Bonin (Japan) and western Hawaiian islands; ranges to Polynesia
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Pelagic, except when breeding.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes fish and squid.
Breeding
Both sexes dig a 1-3m burrow nest in sand. The single egg is incubated by both parents for 50 days. The young fledge about 80 days later.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bonin Petrel. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 18 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bonin_Petrel
