Procellariidae

Pterodroma incerta
Atlantic Petrel
Schlegels Stormvogel (Dutch)

ZMA 14610
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Vulnerable A common breeder on Gough Island only, where at least 20,000 pairs occur, but a small remnant population breeds also on Tristan da Cunha I., where the once-common species was one of the few sources of food for the islanders during winter, a reason for its near-extinction there. The Gough population is apparently stable, but the breeding on virtually a single island makes the species highly susceptible to introduced predators, oil-spills, or natural disasters.

Items in the ZMA - 2 birds:
ZMA 14610 & 14611 Adults, male & female, 27 Jun 1959, Settlement of Edinburgh (37°02'S, 12°18'W), Tristan da Cunha I., South Atlantic, killed together against a wirefence at night, coll. N. Scheer, skins.

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