Colared Petrel - Manu SOP

Scientifique Name: Pterodroma brevipes (Peale, 1848)
Polynesian Names: Upo’a
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Category: Seabirds
Distribution: Society : Tahiti, Moorea, Australes : Raivavae, Australie, Fidji, New-Caledonia

Apearance and identification

12 inches. Male and female identical in appearance. The top of the body, the head, tail and wing tips are dark grey. A black “M” stretches on the wings. The rest is grey sometimes tending towards white. The eye is highlighted with a thin white line. The forehead, cheeks and the ventral surface of the bird are white except for an incomplete grey necklace around the throat and wings which are lined with black on their periphery. A black band of the front edge wing curves towards the middle of the wing in its proximal part. Its beak, strong and black, is characteristic of the Petrels: it is hooked at its end and surmounted by two horny tubes after which the nostrils open.
The legs are black and pink.

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Videos

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Australia, New Caledonia, Raivavae (Austral Islands), Tahiti and Moorea (but the species presence on this last island must be verified).

Breeds in small scattered colonies from 20 to 50 individuals in burrows located on the heights.

Pelagic outside the breeding seasons.

Repeated ‘Kik’ while in flight and a more and more treble “pee” on the ground.

It dives to catch its prey: crustaceans, cephalopods and fishes.

Location: Australia, New Caledonia, Raivavae (Austral Islands), Tahiti and Moorea (but the species presence on this last island must be verified).
Breeding: Breeds in small scattered colonies from 20 to 50 individuals in burrows located on the heights.
Habitat: Pelagic outside the breeding seasons.
Voice: Repeated ‘Kik’ while in flight and a more and more treble “pee” on the ground.
Food: It dives to catch its prey: crustaceans, cephalopods and fishes.

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Status and protection

A Raivavae, où la population est apparemment minuscule, les menaces sont constituées par les impacts :

du feu, directement sur les oiseaux et sur leur habitat (les forêts naturelles),
des chèvres qui réduisent la superficie des forêts naturelles,
de la prédation des chats.

C’est une espèce protégée en catégorie A par le Code de l’environnement en Polynésie française.
Espèce classée « Vulnérable » (VU) sur la liste rouge de l’UICN mais portée « En danger » (EN) sur la liste rouge 2015 de l’UICN France et Polynésie française.

Original text by Caroline BLANVILLAIN – Supplements and update by various members of the SOP Manu.