White-chinned petrel  (Procellaria aequinoctialis)

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Glossary

Cephalopods: From the Greek for ‘head-foot', a class of molluscs that occur only in marine habitats. All species have grasping tentacles, and either an internal or external shell. Includes nautiloids, cuttlefish, squids, octopuses, and extinct ammonites and belemnites.
Crustaceans: A diverse group of arthropods (a phylum of animals with jointed limbs and a hard chitinous exoskeleton) that includes crabs, lobsters, shrimps, slaters, woodlice and barnacles.
Forage: The act of searching for food.
Pelagic: Inhabiting the open oceans.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (January, 2007)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J. (1992) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 1: Ostrich to Ducks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
  3. CMS (January, 2007)
    http://www.cms.int
  4. Brooke, M. (2004) Albatrosses and Petrels across the World. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  5. Birdlife International (May, 2007)
    http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=3924&m=0
  6. New Zealand Birds (May, 2007)
    http://www.nzbirds.com/birds/petrelwchinned.html
  7. Jouventin, P., Bried, J. and Micol, T. (2003) Insular bird populations can be saved from rats: a long-term experimental study of white-chinned petrels Procellaria aequinoctialis on Ile de la Possession, Crozet archipelago. Polar Biology, 26: 371 - 378.
  8. CMS (May, 2007)
    http://www.cms.int/species/acap/acap_bkrd.htm
  9. Save the Albatross (May, 2007)
    http://www.savethealbatross.net/