White-headed Petrel

White-headed Petrels breed alone or in colonies in burrows dug among tussocks and herbfields on subantarctic islands. They appear to feed pelagically on cephalopods and crustaceans .

The White-headed Petrel is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The White-headed Petrel also known as the White-Headed Fulmar is a species of Procellariidae. Length:400mm. White-headed Petrels breed alone or in colonies in burrows dug among tussocks and herbfields on subantarctic islands. They appear to feed pelagically on cephalopods and crustaceans (Marchant and Higgins, 1990). Stub icon This Procellariiformes-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v • d • e Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia. More

* The White-headed petrel is powerful and fast in flight. More info: * Hadoram Shirihai, A complete guide to Antarctic wildlife (2002) * David McGonigal & Lynn Woodworth, Antarctica and the Arctic. The complete encyclopedia (2001) * Tony Soper, Antarctica. More

“The white-headed petrel was collected during Cook’s first voyage to the eastward of the Kermadecs and later in Bass Strait. The first published description of it, however, was that by Garnot in 1826, his specimen being obtained at Cape Horn”, Oliver records. “It was collected in New Zealand seas during the voyage of the Astrolabe and Zelee in 1839, and next appears to have been observed north of Great Barrier Island by Hutton in 1866. More

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White-headed Petrel, New Zealand, At sea December 2004 © Pete Morris/Birdquest Another great Pterodroma White-headed Petrel - White-headed Petrel, New Zealand, At sea December 2004 © Pete Morris/Birdquest Another great Pterodroma White-headed Petrel - White-headed Petrel, Australia, Tasmania, Off the continental shelf, south of Tassie July 2009 © Rob Morris Over 50 of these beauts on this trip More

(1967) The White-headed Petrel, Pterodroma lessoni at Macquarie Island. Emu, 76(1-2): p1-22. - Copyright More

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White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii Range Circumpolar in the Southern Oceans. Breeds on Kerguelen and Crozet Islands, on the Auckland, Antipodes and Macquarie Islands off New Zealand and probably also on Marion, Prince Edward and Campbell Islands. Disperses to seas from the pack ice north to about 300S. Appears to be common in the Straits of Magellan but rare in the Atlantic and there are few records from South Africa although it may be more numerous than currently known. More

The White-headed Petrel is a burrowing petrel with dark wings, a white head with a dark eye and a pale body and tail. They breed in summer, laying a single egg in burrows they excavate in the soft peat of tussock grassland. Their diet includes crustaceans, squid, and lantern fish, caught by surface-seizing. White-heads are not rare and their population probably numbers in the low hundred thousands. More