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;[[:Category:Pseudobulweria|Pseudobulweria]] aterrima | ;[[:Category:Pseudobulweria|Pseudobulweria]] aterrima | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
36cm. Large bill, long wings and fairly long tail, blackish-brown, possibly with grey-black underwing. Bill black and legs pink. | 36cm. Large bill, long wings and fairly long tail, blackish-brown, possibly with grey-black underwing. Bill black and legs pink. | ||
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Mascarene Islands and [[Reunion]] | Mascarene Islands and [[Reunion]] | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Breeds on oceanic islands, otherwise at sea. | Breeds on oceanic islands, otherwise at sea. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | {{GSearch|Pseudobulweria+aterrima}} | + | {{GSearch|Pterodroma+aterrima Use ''Pterodroma aterrima'' to}} |
| − | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]][[ | + | {{GSearch|Pseudobulweria+aterrima Use ''Pseudobulweria aterrima'' to}} |
| + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Pterodroma]] [[Category:Pseudobulweria]] | ||
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- Pseudobulweria aterrima
Pterodroma aterrima
Identification
36cm. Large bill, long wings and fairly long tail, blackish-brown, possibly with grey-black underwing. Bill black and legs pink.
Distribution
Mascarene Islands and Reunion
Taxonomy
Pseudobulweria vs. Pterodroma
Clements (2010) and Sibley & Monroe (1996) place Mascarene Petrel, Tahiti Petrel, Beck's Petrel and Fiji Petrel in Pterodroma. However, Howard & Moore, 2003, Brooke 2004, Christidis & Boles 2008, and Gill & Donsker 2010 recognise the genus Pseudobulweria.
Habitat
Breeds on oceanic islands, otherwise at sea.
