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Tahiti petrel

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Tahiti petrel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Procellariiformes
Family:
Procellariidae
Genus:
Pseudobulweria
Species:
P. rostrata
Binomial name
Pseudobulweria rostrata
(Peale, 1848)

The Tahiti petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata) is a species of seabird in the Procellariidae family. It is found in American Samoa, Australia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Mexico, New Caledonia, New Zealand, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, and possibly the Cook Islands. It is a pelagic bird of the open seas, but nests in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

Subspecies

There are two listed subspecies of the Tahiti petrel:

Tahiti petrel photographed off the Gold Coast of south east Queensland, Australia

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN


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