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'''Alternative name: Madeira Petrel''' | '''Alternative name: Madeira Petrel''' | ||
[[Image:Zinos above Feas Tring.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Zino's Petrel above; Fea's Petrel below<br />Photo by {{user|tomjenner|tomjenner}}<br />Specimen from the British Museum, Tring]] | [[Image:Zinos above Feas Tring.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Zino's Petrel above; Fea's Petrel below<br />Photo by {{user|tomjenner|tomjenner}}<br />Specimen from the British Museum, Tring]] | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
32-34cm<br /> | 32-34cm<br /> | ||
| − | Grey back and wings | + | *Grey back and wings |
| + | *Dark "W" marking across the wings | ||
| + | *Dark wing undersides | ||
| + | *White belly | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Madeira]] | [[Madeira]] | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | + | Breeds on vegetated mountain ledges at around 1600 m. Otherwise pelagic. | |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
| + | There is little documented, but they are known to eat fish, squid and crustaceans. | ||
| + | ====Breeding==== | ||
It nests in burrows. | It nests in burrows. | ||
====References==== | ====References==== | ||
| − | #{{Ref- | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved September 2014) |
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Pterodroma+madeira}} | {{GSearch|Pterodroma+madeira}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Pterodroma]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Pterodroma]] | ||
Revision as of 23:39, 12 September 2014
Alternative name: Madeira Petrel
- Pterodroma madeira
Identification
32-34cm
- Grey back and wings
- Dark "W" marking across the wings
- Dark wing undersides
- White belly
Distribution
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Breeds on vegetated mountain ledges at around 1600 m. Otherwise pelagic.
Behaviour
Diet
There is little documented, but they are known to eat fish, squid and crustaceans.
Breeding
It nests in burrows.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved September 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Zino's Petrel. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Zino%27s_Petrel
