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The soft-plumaged petrel Pterodroma mollis and white bellied storm petrel Fregetta gralaria populations are globally important.
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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.
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Other residents of the islands are sooty albatross (Phoebetria fusca) (240 pairs), remnant populations of soft-plumaged petrel (Pterodroma mollis) and grey petrel (Procellaria cinera), antarctic tern (Sterna vittata tristanensis), brown skua (Catharacta lonnbergi), and common waxbill (Estrilda astrild) (introduced 1977-1985).
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