Tahiti Petrel

Tahiti Petrel
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Procellariiformes
Family:	Procellariidae
Genus:	Pseudobulweria
Species:	P. rostrata
Binomial name
Pseudobulweria rostrata (Peale, 1848)

The Tahiti Petrel, Pétrel De Tahiti, or Petrel De Tahití (Pseudobulweria rostrata) is a species of seabird in the Procellariidae family. It is found in American Samoa, Australia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Mexico, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, and possibly the Cook Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, open seas, and rocky shores.

Tahiti Petrel photographed off Gold Coast, SE Queensland, Australia

Source

• BirdLife International 2005. Pseudobulweria rostrata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.