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;[[:Category:Puffinus|Puffinus]] bailloni | ;[[:Category:Puffinus|Puffinus]] bailloni | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | 27-33 cm, a relatively small shearwater<br /> | |
| + | Upperside black with a brownish cast, underside mostly white. Wings are shorter than some other shearwaters and the tail is long, graduated. | ||
| + | ====Similar species==== | ||
| + | The dark color of the upperside reaches further down the sides of head and neck than on [[Audubon's Shearwater]] | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Breeds in the Indian and Pacific Ocean. | Breeds in the Indian and Pacific Ocean. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | This | + | This species was formerly included in [[Audubon's Shearwater]].<br /> |
| − | Clements | + | [[Persian Shearwater]] and [[Bannerman's Shearwater]] have been split from this species.<br /> |
| + | The taxon Mascarene Shearwater (''Puffinus atrodorsalis'') is now believed to have been a juvenile of the nominate subspecies ''bailloni''. | ||
| + | ====Subspecies==== | ||
| + | Four subspecies recognized by Clements<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | ||
* ''P. b. bailloni'' breeds on Mascarene Islands, Indian Ocean | * ''P. b. bailloni'' breeds on Mascarene Islands, Indian Ocean | ||
* ''P. b. dichrous'' breeds on islands throughout central Pacific ([[Samoa]] to Marquesas Islands) | * ''P. b. dichrous'' breeds on islands throughout central Pacific ([[Samoa]] to Marquesas Islands) | ||
* ''P. b. nicolae'' breeds in the northwestern Indian Ocean (Aldabra to [[Seychelles]] and [[Maldives]]) | * ''P. b. nicolae'' breeds in the northwestern Indian Ocean (Aldabra to [[Seychelles]] and [[Maldives]]) | ||
* ''P. b. gunax'' breeds on Breeds Banks Group ([[Vanuatu]]) | * ''P. b. gunax'' breeds on Breeds Banks Group ([[Vanuatu]]) | ||
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| − | + | Gill and Donsker<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup> also lists ''P.b. colstoni'' (on Aldabra Island), Dickinson<sup>[[#References|[3]]]</sup> lists additionally ''P.b. polynesiae''. | |
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | Tropical waters. | + | Tropical waters; breeds in rocky crevices and burrows into the ground. |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
====Breeding==== | ====Breeding==== | ||
It is a colonial breeder, nesting in small burrows and crevices in rocks. | It is a colonial breeder, nesting in small burrows and crevices in rocks. | ||
====Diet==== | ====Diet==== | ||
| − | + | Fish most important according to available information with squid being second most important. | |
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | #{{Ref- | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#{{Ref-GillDonskerRasmussen20V10.2}}#{{Ref-HM04}}# [http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1642/0004-8038%282004%29121%5B0847%3AAGMPOT%5D2.0.CO%3B2 Paper ] by Austin et al. (2004) describing phylogeny of small shearwaters |
| − | # [http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1642/0004-8038%282004%29121%5B0847%3AAGMPOT%5D2.0.CO%3B2 Paper ] by Austin et al. (2004) describing phylogeny of small shearwaters | + | #Kirwan, G. M., J. del Hoyo, and N. Collar (2020). Tropical Shearwater (Puffinus bailloni), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, B. K. Keeney, P. G. Rodewald, and T. S. Schulenberg, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.troshe5.01 |
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Latest revision as of 00:10, 22 October 2020
- Puffinus bailloni
Identification
27-33 cm, a relatively small shearwater
Upperside black with a brownish cast, underside mostly white. Wings are shorter than some other shearwaters and the tail is long, graduated.
Similar species
The dark color of the upperside reaches further down the sides of head and neck than on Audubon's Shearwater
Distribution
Breeds in the Indian and Pacific Ocean.
Taxonomy
This species was formerly included in Audubon's Shearwater.
Persian Shearwater and Bannerman's Shearwater have been split from this species.
The taxon Mascarene Shearwater (Puffinus atrodorsalis) is now believed to have been a juvenile of the nominate subspecies bailloni.
Subspecies
Four subspecies recognized by Clements[1]:
- P. b. bailloni breeds on Mascarene Islands, Indian Ocean
- P. b. dichrous breeds on islands throughout central Pacific (Samoa to Marquesas Islands)
- P. b. nicolae breeds in the northwestern Indian Ocean (Aldabra to Seychelles and Maldives)
- P. b. gunax breeds on Breeds Banks Group (Vanuatu)
Gill and Donsker[2] also lists P.b. colstoni (on Aldabra Island), Dickinson[3] lists additionally P.b. polynesiae.
Habitat
Tropical waters; breeds in rocky crevices and burrows into the ground.
Behaviour
Breeding
It is a colonial breeder, nesting in small burrows and crevices in rocks.
Diet
Fish most important according to available information with squid being second most important.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v 10.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Dickinson, EC, ed. 2014. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 4th ed. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0956861122
- Paper by Austin et al. (2004) describing phylogeny of small shearwaters
- Kirwan, G. M., J. del Hoyo, and N. Collar (2020). Tropical Shearwater (Puffinus bailloni), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, B. K. Keeney, P. G. Rodewald, and T. S. Schulenberg, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.troshe5.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Tropical Shearwater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Tropical_Shearwater
