Burung laut (Seabirds)
Cook’s Petrel
Pterodroma cookii
- langka
- 55 km/h
- Rentan
Nests on three islands in New Zealand, then crosses the Pacific to California. Forty hours of ocean is a Tuesday.
- Populasi
- Over 1 million individuals total (~670,000 mature individuals); Little Barrier Island (98% of global population, ~286,000 breeding pairs in 2007) and Codfish Island stable-to-increasing rapidly following predator eradication; Great Barrier Island's small remnant population remains severely depleted (from ~20,000 historically to roughly 100)
- Habitat
- Breeds in burrows on forested ridges and steep slopes (roughly 300-700 m elevation) on predator-free/predator-managed islands; otherwise highly pelagic, foraging over open ocean far from land
- Fakta menarik
- After Pacific rats were eradicated from Little Barrier Island in 2004, Cook's Petrel chick fledging success there jumped from about 5% to 70%.
- Sebaran
- Endemic breeder to New Zealand, nesting only on Little Barrier Island (Hauturu), Great Barrier Island (Aotea), and Codfish Island (Whenua Hou); non-breeding season ranges widely across the Pacific Ocean roughly from the Gulf of Alaska/southern California south to Peru/Chile
- Makanan
- Primarily squid, supplemented with fish and crustaceans, caught mainly at night at or near the sea surface
- Ukuran
- 0,27 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,655 m
- Masa hidup
- 15 tahun
