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Alternative name: Madeira Petrel

Zino's Petrel above; Fea's Petrel below
Photo by tomjenner
Specimen from the British Museum, Tring
Pterodroma madeira

Identification

32-34cm

  • Grey back and wings
  • Dark "W" marking across the wings
  • Dark wing undersides
  • White belly

Distribution

Madeira

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

  1. 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/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved September 2014)

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