Phoenix Petrel

Pterodroma alba (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

Phoenix Petrel, Pterodroma alba, breeds in the Pacific Ocean on the Phoenix, Line, Marquesas, Pitcairn and Easter islands, and moves as far as the Kermadec Islands and the eastern Pacific when not breeding. It is a petrel in the family Procellariidae, first described by Gmelin in 1789. Its breeding sites are spread across central and south-eastern Polynesia. The species is also known from oceanic and coastal areas in the central Pacific. The reference gives no further identifying details beyond its range and taxonomic placement.

Order

Procellariiformes

Family

Procellariidae — Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels

Breeding range

Pacific Ocean: Phoenix (Kiribati, c Polynesia), Line, Marquesas, Pitcairn and Easter is. (=Eastern Is. group; se Polynesia)

Nonbreeding range

to Kermadec Is. (ne of North I., New Zealand) and ec Pacific