Phoenix Petrel

The Phoenix Petrel, Pterodroma alba is a medium-sized, up to 35cm long, tropical seabird with a wingspan of 83cm. It has a dark brown upperparts plumage, white below and whitish throat. Both sexes are similar.

The Phoenix Petrel is classified as Endangered (EN), considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Phoenix Petrel, Pterodroma alba is a medium-sized, up to 35cm long, tropical seabird with a wingspan of 83cm. It has a dark brown upperparts plumage, white below and whitish throat. Both sexes are similar. The Phoenix Petrel is found throughout oceans and coastal areas in the central Pacific Ocean. Their colonies can be found on Phoenix, Tonga, Kiritimati, Tuamotu, Marquesas and Pitcairn Island. Female lays one white egg on the ground surface. More

Phoenix petrel on ground Phoenix petrel on groundPrint factsheet Facts - Spanish: Petrel De Las Phoenix Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Aves Order Procellariiformes Family Procellariidae Genus Pterodroma (1) Status More

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Phoenix Petrel (Pterodroma alba) eggs was only 76.8% of the expected value for a procellariiform egg. The low mass loss could not be attributed to a low egg temperature, characteristic of many procellariiform eggs; egg temperature (37.3 C) was higher than expected, while the body temperature of incubating adult birds was 38.2 C. The body temperature-egg temperature difference (0.9 C) was the lowest reported for any bird. More

invasive species and human exploitation, the Phoenix Petrel is evaluated as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Petrel The text in this page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article shown in above URL. It is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL. Copyright Info AnimmalPicturesArchive.com does not have the copyright for this image. More

The Phoenix Petrel breeds on the ground, under tussocks or bush in the Marquesas. the colonies are visited either by day or night. The call is a loud ti-ti-ti-ti when parading. He feeds on squids, crustaceans and fishes. Photo : Eric Vanderwerf Herald Petrel, Pterodroma arminjoniana (heraldica), Putuputu (Pitcairn), Upo’a (Cook), Koputu (Ua Pou, Tahuata). 38 cm. The Hérald Petrel breeds in the Marquesas and southern Tuamotu. More

exploitation, the Phoenix Petrel is evaluated as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. See more at Wikipedia.org... This article uses material from Wikipedia® and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License Svenska Wikipedia – den fria encyklopedin Download this dictionary Fenixpetrell Fenixpetrell (Pterodroma alba) är en tropisk havsfågel som tillhör familjen stormfåglar (Procellariidae). Se mer på Wikipedia. More

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Author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Order : Procellariiformes
Family : Procellariidae
Genus : Pterodroma
Species : alba
Authority : (Gmelin, 1789)