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- Title
OBSERVATIONS OF LEUCISTIC ‘UA‘U (HAWAIIAN PETREL PTERODROMA SANDWICHENSIS) ON LA¯ NA‘I, HAWAI‘I.
- Authors
RAINE, ANDRÉ F.; SPRAGUE, RACHEL S.
- Abstract
The ‘Ua‘u (Hawaiian Petrel Pterodroma sandwichensis) is an endangered petrel endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. In this short paper, we describe two cases of Hawaiian Petrels with leucistic plumage recorded on the island of La¯na‘i. In both cases, the birds were chicks that fledged successfully in different years from the same burrow. There is only one other documented case of leucism recorded for this species in the Hawaiian Islands despite intensive monitoring of petrel burrows on Kaua‘i, La¯na‘i, and Maui over the last few decades, highlighting the rarity of this plumage aberration.
- Subjects
LANAI (Hawaii); HAWAII; KAUAI (Hawaii); HAWAIIANS; FEATHERS; PETRELS; CHICKS; ISLANDS; SPECIES
- Publication
Marine Ornithology, 2022, Vol 50, Issue 2, p129
- ISSN
1018-3337
- Publication type
Article