Bulwer’s Petrel Bulweria bulwerii [Jardine & Selby, 1828] |
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Order:
Procellariiformes
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Family: Procellariidae |
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BTO Codes:
, BULPE
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EURING No: 340 | |
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Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(-) Accidental (Ireland only)
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
27 cm
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Wingspan: 70 cm |
Weight:
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Scientific name from:
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after Revd Jamers Bulwer (1794-1879) Scottish naturalist and chaplain on Madeira |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: is in Atlantic and c Pacific, RANGES: in all oceans |
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Habitat:
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Pelagic, breeds in rocky holes or under thick vegetation |
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Diet:
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Plankton (fish eggs, ctenophores and worms); almost entirely nocturnal |
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: |
| Danish: Bulwers skråpe | Dutch: Bulwers stormvogel |
| Finnish: Tyrskyliitäjä | French: Pétrel de Bulwer |
| German: Bulwerstormvogel | Hungarian: Ékfarkú hojsza |
| Icelandic: Svöludruði | Irish: Peadairín Bulwer |
| Italian: Berta di Bulwer | Norwegian: Spisshallepetrel |
| Polish: Tajfunnik cienkodzioby | Portuguese: Pardela de Bulwer |
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Spanish:
Petrel de Bulwer
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Swedish: Spetssjärtad petrell |
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For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| Brooke, M. de L. 2004 Albatrosses and petrels across the world Oxford University Press, Oxford [598.44 BRO] | |
| Harrop, A.H.J. 2008 The rise and fall of Bulwer's petrel British Birds 101:676-680 | |
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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