Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Animal Photo Album



Tristram's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma tristrami) - Wiki; DISPLAY FULL IMAGE.
Email : E-Card | Poster | Web Master Delete Edit Info Admin

Description
Tristram's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma tristrami) - Wiki

Tristram's Storm-petrel
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Hydrobatidae

[Photo] Tristam's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma tristrami at Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals. This chick was about 4 days away from fledging. It was part of a study, one of the first for the species, into the breeding biology of this poorly known seabird. My impression of them, having previously banded Ashy and Leach's Storm Petrels, was that these guys were huge, righly as big as the Bulwer's Petrels that also nested on Tern. Tern Island, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Source USFWS Hawaiian Islands NWR. Date 31 May 2006. Author Duncan Wright (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sabine%27s_Sunbird). License: public domain.

The Tristram's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma tristrami) is a species of seabird in the Hydrobatidae family. It is found in Japan, the United States, and United States Minor Outlying Islands. Its natural habitat is open seas.

No comments: