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Dark grey-brown and white. Their feet are bicolored pink and black.
 
Dark grey-brown and white. Their feet are bicolored pink and black.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Maui]] in [[Hawaii]].
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Hawaiian Islands
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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>.
 
This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>.

Revision as of 23:40, 5 March 2014

Pterodroma sandwichensis

Identification

Dark grey-brown and white. Their feet are bicolored pink and black.

Distribution

Hawaiian Islands

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species1.

Habitat

Oceanic except when breeding.

Behaviour

Nests are built in burrows or rock crevices. 1 white egg is laid.

References

  1. 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.

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