Murphy's petrel

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Murphy's petrel

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Genus: Pterodroma
Species:
P. ultima
Binomial name
Pterodroma ultima
Murphy, 1949

Murphy's petrel (Pterodroma ultima) is a species of seabird and a member of the gadfly petrels. The bird is 15 inches in length, with a 35-inch wingspan and weigh about 13 ounces.[2] It does not exhibit sexual dimorphism.[3] It was described by Robert Cushman Murphy in 1949, which is the source of the species' common name.

Murphy's petrels take unusually long incubation trips.[3]

Distribution

Very little is known about this species of

Tuamotu, and Pitcairn groups.[1] The bird has been recorded off the coast of the Hawaiian Islands and well off the Pacific Coast of the United States and in the southern Gulf of Alaska.[5] Most reports of Murphy's petrels are over 40 miles offshore[4] and the species reportedly has one of the greatest foraging ranges of any breeding seabird[6]

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