Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi Gray, 1860

Fiji petrel, MacGillivray's petrel

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Last record: 1855

Rediscovered in 1984

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered

Distribution

Fiji Islands

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

(Gray,GR) 1860 Cat.BirdsTrop.Ils.Pac.O.["1859"] p.56

Other references:

BirdLife International. (2008). Species Guardian Action Update: November 2008 - Fiji Petrel Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi. Available at: http://www.birdlife.org/extinction/pdfs/Fiji_Petrel_Guardian_Action_Update_Nov08.pdf

BirdLife International. (2012). Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 10 July 2012.

Flood, Robert L., Wilson, Angus C. and Zufelt, Kirk. (2017). Observations of five little-known tubenoses from Melanesia in January 2017. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 137(3): 226-236.

Gangloff, B., Shirihai, H., Watling, D., Cruaud, C., Couloux, A., Tillier, A., Pasquet E. and Bretagnolle, V. (2012). The complete phylogeny of Pseudobulweria, the most endangered seabird genus: systematics, species status and conservation implications. Conservation Genetics 13(1): 39-52. [Abstract]

Priddel, C.; Carlile, N. (2004). South Pacific: spotlight on the Fiji Petrel, a rare bird indeed! Wildlife Conservation 107: 6-7.

Priddel, D.; Carlile, N.; Kolinio, M.; Watling, D. (in prep). A review of records and recovery actions for the critically endangered Fiji Petrel Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi.

Priddel, D.; Carlile, N.; Moce, K.; Watling, D. (2008). A review of records and recovery actions for the 'Critically endangered' Fiji Petrel, Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi. Bird Conservation International 18(4): 381-393.

Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]

Shirihai, H. (2008). Tubenoses at the Bismarck Archipelago: Surveying at sea populations of the Beck’s Petrel; in search of the Fiji-like Petrel - Expedition # 3.

Shirihai, H.; Pym, T.; Kretzschmar, J.; Moce, K.; Taukei, A.; Watling, D. (2009). First observations of Fiji Petrel Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi at sea: off Gau Island, Fiji, in May 2009. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 129(3): 129-148.

Watling, Dick. (1986). Rediscovery of a petrel and new faunal records on Gau Island. Oryx 20(1): 31-34. [Abstract]

Watling, Dick. (2000). Conservation status of Fijian birds. Technical Group 2 Report - Fiji Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan.

Watling, D. and Lewanavanua, R. F. (1985). A note to record the continuing survival of the Fiji (MacGillivray's) Petrel Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi. Ibis 127: 230-233.

THE CONSERVATION STATUS OF MARINE BIODIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS OF OCEANIA https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/RL-2017-001.pdf

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