Pterodroma ultima

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Near Threatened

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,308 meters (0 to 17,415 feet).[1]

Ecology: Has been recorded nesting in rocky cliffs during March.

[2].

List of Habitats :

•     9     Marine Neritic   
  
•     9.1     Marine Neritic - Pelagic   
  
•     9.2     Marine Neritic - Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs   
  
•     9.3     Marine Neritic - Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel   
  
•     9.4     Marine Neritic - Subtidal Sandy   
  
•     9.5     Marine Neritic - Subtidal Sandy-Mud   
  
•     9.7     Marine Neritic - Macroalgal/Kelp   
  
•     9.9     Marine Neritic - Seagrass (Submerged)   
  
•     10     Marine Oceanic   
  
•     10.1     Marine Oceanic - Epipelagic (0-200m)   
  
•     10.2     Marine Oceanic - Mesopelagic (200-1000m)   
  
•     13     Marine Coastal/Supratidal   
  
•     13.1     Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Metcalf, R.L., Carlson, R.B. & Murphy, U.E. Citrus pest insecticides screened by laboratory and field tests as new control chemicals are developed. California Agriculture, 1949.

Last scrutiny: 13-Jun-2007

Similar Species

Members of the genus Pterodroma

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 51 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. alba (Phoenix Petrel) · P. arminjoniana (South Trinidade Petrel) · P. arminjoniana arminjoniana (South Trinidade Petrel) · P. aterrima (Mascarene Black Petrel) · P. atrata (Henderson Petrel) · P. axillaris (Chatham Island Petrel) · P. baraui (Barau's Petrel) · P. becki (Solomon Islands Petrel) · P. brevipes (Collared Petrel) · P. brevirostris (Kerguelen Petrel) · P. cahow (Bermuda Petrel) · P. caribbaea (Jamaica Petrel) · P. cervicalis (White-Naped Petrel) · P. cookii (Blue-Footed Petrel) · P. cookii cookii (Blue-Footed Petrel) · P. cookii orientalis (Cook's Petrel) · P. defilippiana (Juan Fernandez Petrel) · P. externa (Juan Fernández Petrel) · P. externa externa (Juan Fernandez Petrel) · P. feae (Fea's Soft-Plumaged Petrel) · P. hasitata (Black-Capped Petrel) · P. heraldica (Herald Petrel) · P. hypoleuca (Salvin's Petrel) · P. hypoleuca hypoleuca (Salvin's Petrel) · P. incerta (Schlegel's Petrel) · P. inexpectata (Peales (Mottled) Petrel) · P. lessonii (White-Headed Petrel) · P. leucoptera (Collared Petrel) · P. leucoptera leucoptera (White-Winged Petrel) · P. longirostris (Stejneger's Petrel) · P. macgillivrayi (Fiji Petrel) · P. macroptera (Great-Winged Petrel) · P. macroptera macroptera (Great-Winged Petrel) · P. madeira (Zino's Soft-Plumaged Petrel) · P. magentae (Chatham Island Petrel) · P. mollis (Southern Soft-Plumaged Petrel) · P. mollis mollis (Southern Soft-Plumaged Petrel) · P. neglecta (Variable Petrel) · P. neglecta neglecta (Variable Petrel) · P. nigripennis (Black-Winged Petrel) · P. occulta (Vanuatu Petrel) · P. phaeopygia (Hawaiian Dark-Rumped Petrel) · P. phaeopygia phaeopygia (Dark-Rumped Petrel) · P. phaeopygia sandwichensis (Hawaiian Dark-Rumped Petrel) · P. pycrofti (Pycroft's Petrel) · P. rostrata (Tahiti Petrel) · P. rostrata rostrata (Tahiti Petrel) · P. rupinarum (Large St Helena Petrel) · P. sandwichensis (Hawaiian Petrel) · P. solandri (Bird Of Providence) · P. ultima (Murphy's Petrel)

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Further Reading

• California fish and game. [San Francisco, etc.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game. url p. 119.
• Check-list of North American birds: the species of birds of North America from the Arctic through Panama, including the West Indies and Hawaiian Islands / prepared by the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of the American Orni Lawrence, Kan.: American Ornithologists' Union, 1983. url p. 17, p. 799.
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 72.
• Coral Reefs of the World. url p. 123.
• IUCN Directory of Protected Areas in Oceania IUCN url p. 420, p. 445.
• Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 5.
• The Diversity of the Seas: a regional approach. WCMC Biodiversity Series 4 WCMC url p. 108.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2004. Pterodroma ultima. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
• BirdLife International 2010. Pterodroma ultima. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 11, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 11, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9013
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-174592
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13850536
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 174592
• IUCN ID: 237741
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNDB03060
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 152278

Footnotes

1. Mean = 541.420 meters (1,776.312 feet), Standard Deviation = 850.330 based on 136,160 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. BirdLife International 2010. Pterodroma ultima. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]

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