Beck's petrel
Beck's petrel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Procellariiformes |
Family: | Procellariidae |
Genus: | Pseudobulweria |
Species: | P. becki
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Binomial name | |
Pseudobulweria becki (Murphy, 1928)
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Synonyms[2] | |
Pterodroma becki |
Beck's petrel (Pseudobulweria becki) is a small species of
Description
It is dark brown above and on the head and throat. It is dark underneath the wings with a fairly distinct white wingbar. The belly and breast are white. It flies over open oceans with straight wings that are slightly bent back at the tips.
History
The petrel used to be known from only two specimens – a female east of
In recent times, sightings of birds that may have been Beck's petrels were reported from the
Breeding
The breeding grounds are still undiscovered. While most of the data suggests a location in the southern Bismarck Archipelago, petrels are notoriously migratory and move away from their breeding grounds after the young have fledged, often for considerable distances. It is still more likely than not that the species breeds in Melanesia southeast of New Guinea, as was hypothesized at the species' discovery.
References
- . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Pseudobulweria becki". Avibase.
- ^ The Babbling Brook, periodical of the Wachiska Audubon Society of Southeast Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, July 2010; article "Petrel Encounter" by Jeanne Kern, page 2
BirdLife International (2006) Species factsheet: Pseudobulweria becki.Downloaded from Archived 2007-07-10 at the Wayback Machine on 26 June 2006
External links
- Birds Australia Rarities Committee submission Birds Australia Rarities Committee submission