The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy
Author
Bishop, K. David
text
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club
2023
2023-03-06
143
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journal article
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10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2
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[PETREL
Pseudobulweria
sp.
]
Ripley stated ‘In November, these birds were seen off Biak…’ (
Mayr & Meyer de Schauensee 1939
), which he listed as Tahiti Petrel
Pseudobulweria rostrata
. On
5 July 2017
D. Lopez-Velasco (
in litt
. 2021) photographed a Tahiti / Beck’s Petrel over deep water between Biak and Numfor (
Fig. 5
). Unfortunately, the images are insufficient to determine whether they pertain to the relatively common Tahiti Petrel
P. rostrata
or the extremely little-known Beck’s Petrel
P. becki
(
Shirihai 2008
)
.