Specimens and probable breeding activity of the band-rumped storm-petrel on Hawaii
- Author:
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Banko, Paul C., Banko, Winston E., David, Reginald E.
- Title:
- Specimens and probable breeding activity of the band-rumped storm-petrel on Hawaii
- Periodical:
- Wilson Bulletin
- Year:
- 1991
- Volume:
- 103
- Pages:
- 650-655
- Subject:
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Birds Mauna Loa
Petrels
- Summary:
- While the Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma castro), likely occurred on all main Hawaiian islands prior to Western contact, its fossil remains were found on the islands of Oahu and Molokai. However, remains that were recovered from many Polynesian landfills on the island of Hawaii indicate that this species was common enough to once have been a noticeable part of the diet of the early Hawaiians. Likewise, even though there are no accounts of specimens or breeding that occurred on the island following the arrival of Westerners in 1778, it had been noted that native Hawaiians reported the "Akeake" to be common on fishing grounds that were located five to ten miles off the windward coast of the island of Hawaii. In addition, while immature birds were found on the islands of Hawaii and Kauai, no further evidence was provided of specimens or breeding on the island of Hawaii. As a result, this report includes information regarding the first specimens of the O. castro that occurred on the island of Hawaii and circumstantial evidence that the birds' nests there as nocturnal calling over land and sightings near the coast indicate that populations nest on the southwest rift and possibly the upper western slope of Mauna Loa.
- Label:
- Birds - Dark-Rumped Petrel
- URL:
- https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1657&context=usgsstaffpub
- Date:
- 1991
- Collection:
- Periodicals