Murphy's petrel
Murphy's petrel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Procellariiformes |
Family: | Procellariidae |
Genus: | Pterodroma |
Species: | P. ultima
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Binomial name | |
Pterodroma ultima Murphy, 1949
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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]
References
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- ^ . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ISBN 978-0-307-95790-0.
- ^ PMC 6295288.
- ^ a b "Murphy's Petrel". Audubon. 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
- ^ "Status and ecology of gadfly petrels in the temperate North Pacific" (PDF). Pacific Seabird Group. pp. 101–111.
- .
- "National Geographic" Field Guide to the Birds of North America ISBN 0-7922-6877-6
- Seabirds, an Identification Guide by Peter Harrison, (1983) ISBN 0-7470-1410-8
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Vol 1, Josep del Hoyo editor, ISBN 84-87334-10-5
- "National Audubon Society" The Sibley Guide to Birds, by David Allen Sibley, ISBN 0-679-45122-6