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Puffinus pacificus (Wedge-tailed Shearwater)

Synonyms: Ardenna pacifica (homotypic); Ardenna pacifica chlororhynchus; Ardenna pacifica pacifica; Procellaria pacifica (homotypic); Puffinus pacificus chlororhynchus
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Wikipedia Abstract

The wedge-tailed shearwater (Ardenna pacifica) is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It is one of the shearwater species that is sometimes referred to as a muttonbird, like the sooty shearwater of New Zealand and the short-tailed shearwater of Australia. It ranges across from throughout the tropical Pacific and Indian Ocean roughly between latitudes 35°N and 35°S. It breeds on islands off of Japan, on the Islas Revillagigedo, the Hawaiian Islands, the Seychelles the Northern Mariana Islands and off Eastern and Western Australia.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
24
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 9.21334
EDGE Score: 2.32369
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.027 lbs (466 g)
Birth Weight [2]  39 grams
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [3]  70 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  30 %
Forages - Water Surface [3]  50 %
Forages - Underwater [3]  50 %
Clutch Size [2]  1
Clutches / Year [2]  1
Egg Length [1]  2.402 inches (61 mm)
Egg Width [1]  1.614 inches (41 mm)
Incubation [2]  53 days
Mating Display [4]  Ground display
Mating System [4]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [2]  29 years
Wing Span [5]  39 inches (1 m)
Female Maturity [2]  4 years
Male Maturity [2]  4 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Clipperton Island shrub and grasslands France Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands  

Protected Areas

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Galactosomum renincola[7]
Parapsyllus australiacus[8]
Parapsyllus taylori[8]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
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♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 5Riede, Klaus (2004) Global Register of Migratory Species - from Global to Regional Scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. 330 pages + CD-ROM
♦ 6Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 7Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 8International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0