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Pterodroma baraui

[edit] Identification

38cm

• Black cap
• White forehead
• Grey-brown upperparts
• "M" design across wings and back
• White underparts
• Dark trailing edges to underwing

[edit] Distribution

Breeds on Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean; otherwise pelagic in the south Indian Ocean, and the southern Arabian Sea, but range is unclear.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

[edit] Habitat

Pelagic.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes small fish.

[edit] Breeding

Colonial breeders. They dig burrows into the forest floor at around 2400-2700m above sea level. A single egg is laid.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Wikipedia
3. BirdLife International

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID
• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages