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Tahiti Petrel

(Pterodroma [Pseudobulweria] rostrata)
Alternate name(s): "Peale's Petrel"
Size: 38-40 cm; wing span 85-95 cm
Weight: 410-520 g
Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Tahiti Petrel at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

Lateral view of a Tahiti Petrel in flight (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[22 NM off Southport, Gold Coast, QLD, April 2018]

View of the upper side of a Tahiti Petrel in flight; note the cross-like appearance with straight wings (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[22 NM off Southport, Gold Coast, QLD, April 2018]

Lateral view of a Tahiti Petrel in flight; note the prominent white "V" on the rump
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[22 NM off Southport, Gold Coast, QLD, April 2018]

View of the upper side of a Tahiti Petrel in flight; note the cross-like appearance with straight wings (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[22 NM off Southport, Gold Coast, QLD, April 2018]

Lateral view of a Tahiti Petrel in flight; note the black head and neck, with otherwise white underparts, and the white "V" on the rump (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[22 NM off Southport, Gold Coast, QLD, April 2018]

Near-dorsal view of a Tahiti Petrel in low flight, left (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[22 NM off Southport, Gold Coast, QLD, April 2018]

Near-dorsal view of a Tahiti Petrel in flight (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[22 NM off Southport, Gold Coast, QLD, April 2018]

Dorsal view of a Tahiti Petrel in flight (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[22 NM off Southport, Gold Coast, QLD, April 2018]

Dorsal view of a Tahiti Petrel in flight (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[22 NM off Southport, Gold Coast, QLD, April 2018]

Dorsal view of a Tahiti Petrel flying an extreme bend (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[22 NM off Southport, Gold Coast, QLD, April 2018]

Tahiti Petrel in low hovering flight, centre, surrounded by other pelagic birds; note the conspicuous white "V" on the rump (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[22 NM off Southport, Gold Coast, QLD, April 2018]

Tahiti Petrel in low flight, centre right, surrounded by other pelagic birds (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[22 NM off Southport, Gold Coast, QLD, April 2018]

Tahiti Petrel in flight, right, surrounded by other pelagic birds; note the cross-like appearance of the Tahiti Petrel (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[22 NM off Southport, Gold Coast, QLD, April 2018]

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