Bulwer's petrel (Bulweria bulwerii) is a small petrel in the family Procellariidae that is found in tropical and subtropical regions of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is named after the English naturalist James Bulwer, who collected the type specimen on the island of Madeira, and was formally described in 1828 by Jardine and Selby as Procellaria bulwerii before being moved to the genus Bulweria in 1843. The species is monotypic. It is a very long-winged bird, 25 to 29 centimetres long with a wingspan of 78 to 90 centimetres, with mainly brown plumage and a long pointed tail, and it has a buoyant twisting flight as it picks plankton and other small food from the ocean surface. It is marine and highly pelagic, usually found far from land except in the breeding season, when pairs nest in burrows, vegetation, cliff crevices and under debris in colonies that can reach 7,000 to 9,000 pairs, laying a single egg that both sexes incubate for 42 to 46 days. Its diet is mainly small fish and squid with some crustaceans. Feral cats, rats, oil spills, light pollution and human harvesting for food or bait are the main threats.
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Source Bulwer's petrel (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, cabo-verdeQuote, Distribution and habitat, cabo-verde
it is a year-round resident in Cabo Verde, China, French Guiana, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Senegal and Taiwan
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Source Bulwer's petrel (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, chinaQuote, Distribution and habitat, china
it is a year-round resident in Cabo Verde, China, French Guiana, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Senegal and Taiwan
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Source Bulwer's petrel (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, indonesiaQuote, Distribution and habitat, indonesia
it is a year-round resident in Cabo Verde, China, French Guiana, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Senegal and Taiwan
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Source Bulwer's petrel (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, japanQuote, Distribution and habitat, japan
it is a year-round resident in Cabo Verde, China, French Guiana, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Senegal and Taiwan
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Source Bulwer's petrel (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, KiribatiQuote, Distribution and habitat, Kiribati
the United States Minor Outlying Islands and Kiribati in the Pacific
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Source Bulwer's petrel (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, malaysiaQuote, Distribution and habitat, malaysia
it is a year-round resident in Cabo Verde, China, French Guiana, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Senegal and Taiwan
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Source Bulwer's petrel (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, mauritaniaQuote, Distribution and habitat, mauritania
it is a year-round resident in Cabo Verde, China, French Guiana, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Senegal and Taiwan
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Source Bulwer's petrel (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, moroccoQuote, Distribution and habitat, morocco
it is a year-round resident in Cabo Verde, China, French Guiana, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Senegal and Taiwan
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Source Bulwer's petrel (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, PortugalQuote, Distribution and habitat, Portugal
it breeds in the Macaronesian Islands and continental Portugal in the Atlantic
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Source Bulwer's petrel (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, senegalQuote, Distribution and habitat, senegal
it is a year-round resident in Cabo Verde, China, French Guiana, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Senegal and Taiwan
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Source Bulwer's petrel (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, taiwanQuote, Distribution and habitat, taiwan
it is a year-round resident in Cabo Verde, China, French Guiana, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Senegal and Taiwan
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Distribution and habitat, cabo-verde
it is a year-round resident in Cabo Verde, China, French Guiana, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Senegal and Taiwan
Distribution and habitat, china
it is a year-round resident in Cabo Verde, China, French Guiana, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Senegal and Taiwan
Distribution and habitat, indonesia
it is a year-round resident in Cabo Verde, China, French Guiana, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Senegal and Taiwan
Distribution and habitat, japan
it is a year-round resident in Cabo Verde, China, French Guiana, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Senegal and Taiwan
Distribution and habitat, malaysia
it is a year-round resident in Cabo Verde, China, French Guiana, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Senegal and Taiwan
Distribution and habitat, mauritania
it is a year-round resident in Cabo Verde, China, French Guiana, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Senegal and Taiwan
Distribution and habitat, morocco
it is a year-round resident in Cabo Verde, China, French Guiana, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Senegal and Taiwan
Distribution and habitat, senegal
it is a year-round resident in Cabo Verde, China, French Guiana, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Senegal and Taiwan
Distribution and habitat, taiwan
it is a year-round resident in Cabo Verde, China, French Guiana, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Senegal and Taiwan
Distribution and habitat, Portugal
it breeds in the Macaronesian Islands and continental Portugal in the Atlantic
Distribution and habitat, Kiribati
the United States Minor Outlying Islands and Kiribati in the Pacific
Distribution and habitat
The species has a wide distribution through tropical and subtropical regions of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans
Distribution and habitat, marine
It is marine and highly pelagic, usually found far from land except during the breeding season.
Feeding
Its diet mainly consists of small fish (such as sardines) and squid
Threats, predators
In the North East Atlantic, the species is predated by cats, house rats and endemic invertebrates.
Threats, pollution
The Bulwer's petrel is thought to suffer a heightened risk of mortality from oil spills and other marine pollution, including light pollution at night.
Threats, exploitation
The large colony in the Desertas Islands suffers intense human exploitation for food or fish bait
In Group: Penguins And Seabirds, Lead, petrel
is a small petrel in the family Procellariidae
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