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Procellaria westlandica (Westland Petrel)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Westland petrel (Procellaria westlandica), also known as the Westland black petrel or tāiko, is a rare seabird that nests in New Zealand's forests. It is one of the largest petrels that nest in burrows, and is threatened by species introduced to New Zealand.
View Wikipedia Record: Procellaria westlandica

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Procellaria westlandica

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
47
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 10.2525
EDGE Score: 3.80688
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.654 lbs (1.204 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  137.6 grams
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [3]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  70 %
Diet - Scavenger [3]  10 %
Forages - Water Surface [3]  80 %
Forages - Underwater [3]  20 %
Clutch Size [2]  1
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Egg Length [1]  3.189 inches (81 mm)
Egg Width [1]  2.205 inches (56 mm)
Fledging [1]  4 months
Incubation [4]  61 days
Mating Display [2]  Ground display
Mating System [2]  Monogamy
Migration [5]  Intraoceanic
Wing Span [6]  4.494 feet (1.37 m)
Female Maturity [1]  12 years

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
New Zealand New Zealand Yes

Prey / Diet

Moroteuthopsis longimana (Giant Warty Squid)[7]
Teuthowenia pellucida (googly-eyed glass squid)[8]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Procellaria parkinsoni (Parkinson's Petrel)1
Pterodroma magentae (Magenta Petrel)1

Range Map

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
♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 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
♦ 4Westland Petrel (Procellaria westlandica), Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels – www.acap.aq
♦ 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
♦ 6del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 7Jorrit 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.
♦ 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
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