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Procellaria parkinsoni (Parkinson's Petrel; Black Petrel)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The black petrel (Procellaria parkinsoni), also called the Parkinson's petrel, is a large, black petrel, the smallest of the Procellaria. The species is an endemic breeder of New Zealand, breeding only on Great Barrier Island and Little Barrier Island, off the North Island. At sea it disperses as far as Australia and Ecuador.
View Wikipedia Record: Procellaria parkinsoni

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Procellaria parkinsoni

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
48
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 10.8194
EDGE Score: 3.85604

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.548 lbs (702 g)
Birth Weight [3]  90 grams
Breeding Habitat [2]  Oceanic islands, Pelagic
Wintering Geography [2]  Pacific Ocean
Wintering Habitat [2]  Pelagic
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [4]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  80 %
Forages - Water Surface [4]  60 %
Forages - Underwater [4]  40 %
Clutch Size [3]  1
Egg Length [1]  2.717 inches (69 mm)
Egg Width [1]  2.008 inches (51 mm)
Fledging [1]  4 months 2 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  3,300
Incubation [1]  56 days
Mating Display [3]  Ground display
Mating System [3]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [6]  17 years
Migration [5]  Intraoceanic
Wing Span [7]  3.838 feet (1.17 m)
Female Maturity [1]  7 years

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
New Zealand New Zealand Yes

Prey / Diet

Argonauta argo (greater argonaut)[8]
Lycoteuthis lorigera[8]
Moroteuthopsis longimana (Giant Warty Squid)[9]
Ommastrephes bartramii (red flying squid)[8]
Teuthowenia pellucida (googly-eyed glass squid)[8]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Arctocephalus tropicalis (Subantarctic Fur Seal)1
Procellaria westlandica (Westland Petrel)1
Pterodroma magentae (Magenta Petrel)1
Pterodroma neglecta (Kermadec Petrel)1

Range Map

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External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
3Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
4Hamish 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
5Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
6de 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
7del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
8Comparison of prey of the black Procellaria petrels of New Zealand, M. J. Imbera, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research Volume 10, Issue 1, 1976, p. 119-130
9Jorrit 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.
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