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Pterodroma baraui (Jouanin, 1964) Family: petrels, shearwaters Order: Procellariiformes print version
Barau's petrel Pétrel de Barau Petrel de Barau Barausturmvogel
Migration: intraoceanic unclear

Verbreitungskarte von Pterodroma baraui Little known, but seems to disperse N then E, following S Equatorial Current, reaching area of Cocos (Keeling) Is and Christmas I; recorded S to Amsterdam I, and E to Australia. Forages in zone of Subtropcial Convergence to S of Reunion.   (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1992)


Regions: Sub-Saharan Africa
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(Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel)