Procellaria

There are two bog communities: Sphagnum cf, recurvum on both plateau and lowland and Scirpus sulcatus on the plateau which is perpetuated by the burrowing of the endemic spectacled petrel Procellaria conspicillata.

Gough Island Wildlife Reserve, United Kingdom 2008

Paparoa National Park, on the west coast, has the only mainland breeding colony of the endemic Westland black petrel (Procellaria westlandica VU).

Nelson Coast temperate forests 2008

One species breeds only on Inaccessible Island, the endemic spectacled petrel Procellaria conspicillata (CR). 3-4,000 pairs nest in burrows on the high plateau, one of thirteen burrow-nesting species on the island.

Gough Island Wildlife Reserve, United Kingdom 2008

Several other birds are restricted to Tristan and Gough Islands when breeding including white-chinned petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis conspicillata) (likely an endemic species), great shearwater (Puffinus gravis), and Atlantic petrel (Pterodroma incerta).

Tristan Da Cunha-Gough Islands shrub and grasslands 2007

Of the species that disappeared, four were probably endemic; these were a flightless duck and a storm-petrel, both undescribed, and likely two petrels of the genera Pterodroma and Procellaria.

Amsterdam and Saint-Paul Islands temperate grasslands 2007

The remaining populations of burrowing petrels, soft-plumaged petrel (Pterodroma mollis) and grey petrel (Procellaria cinera), are hunted by rats and cats; in addition to eating eggs, cats are able to catch adults at the entrance of burrows.

Amsterdam and Saint-Paul Islands temperate grasslands 2007

Great numbers of gulls (‘Procellaria turtur’, Smith), and several others, float over the surface.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

Petrels: the largest kind, Procellaria gigantea, or nelly

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

Petrels: the largest kind, Procellaria gigantea, or nelly

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

These southern seas are frequented by several species of Petrels: the largest kind, Procellaria gigantea, or nelly (quebrantahuesos, or break-bones, of the Spaniards), is a common bird, both in the inland channels and on the open sea.

Chapter XIII 1909