Showing posts with label Bulweria bulwerii. Show all posts
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Tuesday, March 19, 2019

BULWER'S PETREL

Photographed between Ashmore Reef and Scott Reef, nw WA, March 2019


1272                 BULWER’S PETREL                    Bulweria bulwerii                

AUSTRALIA              772

Breeds in North Atlantic in colonies on islands in Cape Verde Islands, Azores, Canary Islands and Madeira Groups, and across Nth Pacific from east of China to Hawaii; in Australia records as vagrant off ne Queensland and Victoria; may be common from Sept. to April off nw WA. Highly pelagic feeder and rarely found near land. Eats small fish, squid and some crabs, krill, shrimp.