Aves |
Procellariiformes |
Hydrobatidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Others. Tropical
Indo-Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8812); max. published weight: 84.00 g (Ref. 356)
Culmen: 1.86 cm; tarsus: 3.03 cm; wing: 11.0 cm.
Total Length: 24 to 25 cm; Wingspan: 56 cm (Ref. 8812). Forages alone or with conspecifics, and typically forages at night. Feeds by dipping prey from the ocean’s surface on the wing, often pattering the water with feet. Diet consists of fish, squid, coelenterates, crustaceans and insects (Ref. 122680).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
It has a disjunct breeding distribution in the north Pacific. The breeding cycle occurs from October to May, peak egg-laying months were from December to January, and by mid-May all the birds have flown from the island.
Lepage, D. 2007. (Ref. 7816)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (15 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.