Hawaiian dark-rumped petrel and Newell's manx shearwater recovery plan
- Author:
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Telfer, Thomas, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
- Title:
- Hawaiian dark-rumped petrel and Newell's manx shearwater recovery plan
- Year:
- 1983
- Pages:
- 57 p.
- Subject:
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Procellariidae
Endangered species
Petrels
Shearwaters
- Summary:
- Two Hawaiian races of the family Procellaridae, the uau or dark-rumped petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia sandwichensis) and the ao or Newell's manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus newelli) are the topics of this recovery plan approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Both are residents of the central subtropical Pacific Ocean and are known to breed only within the major Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaiian dark-rumped petrel is one of two subspecies; the other, P. p. phaeopygia, is endemic to the Galapagos Islands and is recognized by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources as endangered. The Newell's manx shearwater is one of eight races of the manx shearwater, an oceanic superspecies of worldwide subtropical and temperate distribution.
- Date:
- February 1983
- Collection:
- Monographs