Bonin petrel

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The Bonin petrel is a small, nocturnal seabird of the Pacific Ocean known for nesting in burrows on remote islands and feeding far offshore on squid and small fish.

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Bonin petrel canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf animal
bird
petrel
activityPattern nocturnal
behavior colonial nester
billColor black
bodyLength about 30 cm
breedingRange Bonin Islands
linked to: Ogasawara Islands

Marianas Islands
linked to: Mariana Islands

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Ogasawara Islands
Volcano Islands
breedingSeason winter
class Aves
clutchSize 1 egg
commonName Bonin petrel
conservationStatus Least Concern
conservationStatusSystem IUCN Red List
describedBy Coenraad Jacob Temminck
describedInYear 1836
diet crustaceans
small fish
squid
distributionHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
family Procellariidae
foragingBehavior feeds far offshore
genus Pterodroma
habitat pelagic waters
remote oceanic islands
incubation shared by both parents
kingdom Animalia
legColor pale bluish
migration migratory
nestingSite burrows
nonBreedingRange North Pacific Ocean
ocean Pacific Ocean
order Procellariiformes
phylum Chordata
plumageColor dark gray-brown upperparts
white underparts
scientificName Pterodroma hypoleuca
linked to: Pterodroma
taxonRank species
threat habitat degradation
introduced cats
introduced rats
vocalization nocturnal calls at colonies
wingspan about 67 cm

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Laysan Island breedingSiteFor Bonin petrel
Eastern Island habitatFor Bonin petrel
Bonin petrel commonName Bonin petrel