Murphy's Petrel

Pterodroma ultima Murphy, 1949

Murphy's Petrel, Pterodroma ultima, is a petrel of the Pacific Ocean, breeding in the southern Tuamotu, Gambier, Austral, Pitcairn, Easter and Salas y Gomez islands. Outside the breeding season it ranges north to the southern Aleutian Islands, the Gulf of Alaska and the north-east Pacific coast. It was described by Murphy in 1949. A member of the Procellariidae, it is one of the gadfly petrels. Its breeding sites are on rocky islets and cliffs, and it is known for making unusually long feeding trips during incubation.

Order

Procellariiformes

Family

Procellariidae — Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels

Breeding range

Pacific Ocean: s Tuamotu, Gambier, Austral, Pitcairn, Easter is. (=Eastern Is.) and Salas y Gomez (se Polynesia)

Nonbreeding range

to s of Aleution Is., Gulf of Alaska and ne Pacific coast