Pseudobulweria aterrima (Bonaparte, 1857)

Mascarene petrel, Réunion (black) petrel, Reunion petrel

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Procellaria aterrima Bonaparte, 1857; Pterodroma aterrima ssp. aterrima (Bonaparte, 1857) — Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993); Pterodroma aterrima ssp. aterrima (Bonaparte, 1857) — Collar et al. (1994); Pterodroma aterrima ssp. aterrima (Bonaparte, 1857) — Collar and Andrew (1988); Pterodroma aterrima ssp. aterrima (Bonaparte, 1857) — Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)

Conservation Status

Last record: 1800's

Rediscovered in 1964

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered

Distribution

Réunion, Mascarene Islands

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

(Bonaparte) 1857 Consp.Gen.Av. 2 p.191

Other references:

Anonymous. (1964). List of rare birds, including those thought to be so but of which detailed information is still lacking. IUCN Bulletin 10(Special Supplement): 4 pp.

Attié, C.; Stahl, J. C.; Bretagnolle, V. 1997. New data on the endangered Mascarene Petrel Pseudobulweria aterrima: a third twentieth century specimen and distribution. Colonial Waterbirds 20.3: 406-412.

BirdLife International. 2016. Pseudobulweria aterrima. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22697896A93646210. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22697896A93646210.en. Downloaded on 13 June 2017.

Bizien, C. 2013. Le label "Pétrel protégé" : une solution énergétique qui fait rimer économie d'énergie et protection de l'environnement. L'Oiseau 111: 23.

Brooke, M. de L. 2004. Albatrosses and Petrels Across the World. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Carboneras, C., Jutglar, F. & Kirwan, G.M. 2014. Mascarene Petrel (Pseudobulweria aterrima). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (ed.), Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Cheke, Anthony S. (2013). Extinct birds of the Mascarenes and Seychelles - a review of the causes of extinction in the light of an important new publication on extinct birds. Phelsuma 21: 4-19.

del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Jan, F. and Fouillet, D. 2014. 24 heures sur Malabar, pour aider le Pétrel noir! Le Chakouat 45: 12-15.

Juhasz, Claire-Cécile, J. Dubos, P. Pinet, Y. Soulaimana Mattoir, P. Souharce, C. Caumes, M. Riethmuller, F. Jan, and M. Le Corre. (2022). Discovery of the breeding colonies of a critically endangered and elusive seabird, the Mascarene Petrel (Pseudobulweria aterrima). Journal of Field Ornithology 93(4):11. https://doi.org/10.5751/JFO-00160-930411 

Le Corre, M.; Ghestemme, T.; Salamolard, M.; Couzi, F. X. 2003. Rescue of the Mascarene Petrel, a critically endangered seabird of Réunion Island, Indian Ocean. Condor 105: 387-391.

Le Corre, M.; Ollivier, A.; Ribes, S.; Jouventin, P. 2002. Light-induced mortality of petrels: a 4-year study from Réunion Island (Indian Ocean). Biological Conservation 105: 93-102.

Le Corre, M.; Viviès, Y.-M. D.; Ribes, S. 1999. Les pétrels de La Réunion en danger. L'Oiseau Magazine 54: 26-27.

LIFE+ PETRELS. 2014. Halting the decline of endemic Petrels from Reunion Island: demonstration of large-scale innovative conservation actions. Available at: http://www.petrels.re & http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/project/Projects/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.dspPage&n_proj_id=4899#PD.

Riethmuller M., Jan F. & Giloux Y. 2012. Plan national d’actions en faveur du Pétrel noir de Bourbon Pseudobulweria aterrima (2012-2016). Ministère de l’Écologie, du Développement durable et de l’Energie, Direction de l’Environnement, de l’Aménagement et du Logement de La Réunion. SEOR, 92 p.

Scofield, R. Paul. (2009). Procellariiform extinctions in the Holocene: threat processes and wider ecosystem-scale implications, pp. 151-166. In: Turvey, Samuel T. (ed.). Holocene Extinctions. Oxford, UK & New York, USA: Oxford University Press. xii + 352 pp.

Scott, Peter (ed.). (1965). Preliminary List of Rare Mammals and Birds, pp. 155-237. In: The Launching of a New Ark. First Report of the President and Trustees of the World Wildlife Fund. An International Foundation for saving the world's wildlife and wild places 1961-1964. London: Collins.

Shirihai, H., Pym, T., San Román, M. and Bretagnolle, V. 2014. The Critically Endangered Mascarene Petrel Pseudobulweria aterrima: identification and behaviour at sea, historical discovery of breeding sites, and breeding ecology on Réunion, Indian Ocean. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 134(3): 194-223.

Tatayah, R. V.; Jones, C. G.; Birch, D.; Salamolard, M. 2011. First record of Réunion Black Petrel Pseudobulweria aterrima on Mauritius. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 131(1): 64-66.

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