Burung laut (Seabirds)
Kermadec Petrel
Pterodroma neglecta
- langka
- 55 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Comes in pale, dark, and intermediate morphs, all from the same nest. Nature could not pick just one look.
- Populasi
- 150,000–200,000 individuals, decreasing
- Habitat
- Highly pelagic and marine; breeds on remote oceanic islands, nesting in scrapes, hollows, or rock crevices on vegetated coastal slopes and sea cliffs, often under ferns, shrubs, or trees
- Fakta menarik
- The Kermadec Petrel is polymorphic, with individuals in the same population occurring in light, dark, and intermediate color morphs.
- Sebaran
- Subtropical South Pacific Ocean, breeding from Lord Howe Island (Australia) and the Kermadec Islands (New Zealand) east to the Juan Fernández and Desventuradas Islands and San Ambrosio Island (Chile), with a small colony at Balls Pyramid and a subspecies on Round Island, Mauritius; disperses widely across tropical/subtropical Pacific waters outside the breeding season, occurring north to Hawaii and as a vagrant to Australia and New Zealand
- Makanan
- Squid, fish, and crustaceans, with some insects taken on land; forages by dipping and surface-seizing, and occasionally engages in kleptoparasitism of other seabirds
- Ukuran
- 0,38 m
- Bentang sayap
- 1 m
- Masa hidup
- 11,8 tahun
