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Vanuatu petrel (Pterodroma occulta) discovered breeding on Vanua Lava, Banks Islands, Vanuatu

  • Publication Type

    Journal

  • Publication Year

    2009

  • Author(s)

    S. Totterman

  • Journal Name

    Notornis

  • Volume, Issue

    56, 2

  • Pagination

    57-62

  • Article Type

    Paper

Keywords

breeding; petrel; Pterodroma occulta; Vanua Lava; Vanuatu


Vanuatu petrel (Pterodroma occulta) discovered breeding on Vanua Lava, Banks Islands, Vanuatu

Notornis, 56 (2), 57-62

S. Totterman (2009)

Article Type: Paper

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Pterodroma occulta was described by Imber and Tennyson in 2001 and tentatively named Vanuatu petrel. The first specimens of this bird were collected in Jan 1927, east of the island Mere Lava in Vanuatu (then New Hebrides), but their breeding grounds have remained unknown. After several exploratory visits to the Banks Islands I discovered a breeding colony of Vanuatu petrels on Vanua Lava in Feb 2009. Statements that this species breeds on Mere Lava were not substantiated.