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Procellaria conspicillata (Spectacled Petrel)

Synonyms: Procellaria aequinoctialis conspicillata

Wikipedia Abstract

The spectacled petrel (Procellaria conspicillata) is a rare seabird that nests only on the high western plateau of Inaccessible Island in the South Atlantic Tristan da Cunha group. It is one of the largest petrels that nests in burrows.
View Wikipedia Record: Procellaria conspicillata

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Procellaria conspicillata

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
45
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.96544
EDGE Score: 3.68542
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.943 lbs (1.335 kg)
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [2]  30 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  70 %
Forages - Water Surface [2]  50 %
Forages - Underwater [2]  50 %
Clutch Size [3]  1
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Egg Length [1]  3.268 inches (83 mm)
Egg Width [1]  2.126 inches (54 mm)
Fledging [1]  3 months 5 days
Incubation [1]  60 days
Maximum Longevity [1]  30 years
Migration [4]  Interoceanic
Female Maturity [1]  6 years 6 months

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Inaccessible Island St Helena (to UK) A1, A2, A4i, A4ii, A4iii    

Prey / Diet

Moroteuthopsis longimana (Giant Warty Squid)[5]

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
♦ 2Hamish 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
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 4Riede, 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
♦ 5Jorrit 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