Tahiti Petrel

Pseudobulweria rostrata (Peale, 1849)

Tahiti Petrel, Pseudobulweria rostrata, is a petrel of the Pacific Ocean, breeding on Grande Terre in New Caledonia, Gau in Fiji, American Samoa, and the Society, Marquesas and Gambier islands. Outside the breeding season it ranges through tropical Pacific waters off New Guinea and northern Australia, and along the eastern Pacific coast of Mexico and Central America. It is a member of the Procellariidae family. The species was described by Peale in 1849.

Order

Procellariiformes

Family

Procellariidae — Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels

Breeding range

Pacific Ocean: Grande Terre (New Caledonia), Gau (Fiji; sw Polynesia), American Samoa (c Polynesia), Society, Marquesas and Gambier is. (se Tuamotu Is.; e Polynesia)

Nonbreeding range

to tropical Pacific Ocean waters off New Guinea and n Australia, and ec Pacific coast of Mexico and Central America