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Pterodroma sandwichensis (Hawaiian Petrel)

Synonyms: Oestrelata sandwichensis; Pterodroma phaeopygia sandwichensis
Language: French

Wikipedia Abstract

The Hawaiian petrel or ʻuaʻu (Pterodroma sandwichensis) is a large, dark grey-brown and white petrel that is endemic to Hawaiʻi.
View Wikipedia Record: Pterodroma sandwichensis

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Pterodroma sandwichensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
38
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.39977
EDGE Score: 3.24256
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  429 grams
Breeding Habitat [2]  Oceanic islands, Pelagic
Wintering Geography [2]  Pacific Ocean
Wintering Habitat [2]  Pelagic
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [3]  50 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  50 %
Forages - Water Surface [3]  80 %
Forages - Underwater [3]  20 %
Clutch Size [4]  1
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Egg Length [1]  2.559 inches (65 mm)
Egg Width [1]  1.772 inches (45 mm)
Fledging [1]  3 months 10 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  8,500
Incubation [4]  56 days
Maximum Longevity [6]  13 years 1 month
Migration [5]  Intraoceanic
Wing Span [4]  39 inches (1 m)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Haleakala National Park II   Hawaii, United States
Hawaiian Islands Biosphere Reserve 245981 Hawaii, United States  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Polynesia-Micronesia Fiji, Micronesia, Polynesia, Samoa, Tonga, United States Yes

Prey / Diet

Haliphron atlanticus[4]
Moroteuthopsis longimana (Giant Warty Squid)[7]
Vitreledonella richardi (Glass Octopus)[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Pterodroma phaeopygia (Galapagos Petrel)2

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Audio

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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.
♦ 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
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 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
♦ 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.
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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