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Rapa Shearwater
Puffinus myrtae Bourne, 1959
Procellariidae — Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels
Rapa Shearwater, Puffinus myrtae, is a seabird of the Pacific Ocean, breeding on Tauturou, Rapa Iti and Karapoo Iti, the islets off Rapa in the Austral Islands of French Polynesia. It belongs to the petrel and shearwater family, Procellariidae, within the order Procellariiformes. First described by Bourne in 1959, it is known locally as kaki kaki. It was originally treated as a form of the little shearwater, and later work showed that the first specimen was a juvenile, with an adult only described in 2017.
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Procellariidae — Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels
- Breeding range
- Pacific Ocean: Tauturou, Rapa Iti and Karapoo Iti (islets off Rapa, e Tubuai=Austral Is., se Polynesia)
