Atlantic petrel  (Pterodroma incerta)

Authentication

Authenticated (15/05/07) by Ross Wanless and Andrea Angel, Percy Fitzpatrick Institute of African Ornithology. 
http://www.fitzpatrick.uct.ac.za

Glossary

Nocturnal: Active at night.
Pelagic: Inhabiting the open oceans.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (November, 2005)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. BirdLife International (January, 2006)
    http://www.birdlife.org
  3. Klages, N.T.W. and Cooper, J. (1997) Diet of the Atlantic Petrel Pterodroma incerta during breeding at South Atlantic Gough Island. Marine Ornithology, 25: 13 - 16.
  4. Ocean Wanderers (January, 2006)
    http://www.oceanwanderers.com/AtlanticPet.html
  5. Cuthbert, R. (2004) Breeding biology of the Atlantic Petrel, Pterodroma incerta, and a population estimate of this and other burrowing petrels on Gough Island, South Atlantic Ocean. EMU, 104 (3): 221 - 228.
  6. Zoological Museum Amsterdam (January, 2006)
    http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/zma3d/detail.php?id=29&sort=taxon&type=family
  7. New Scientist (January, 2006)
    http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/endangered-species/dn7721
  8. UNEP-WCMC (January, 2006)
    http://www.unep-wcmc.org/sites/wh/gough.html