Murphy's petrel

Murphy's petrel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Genus: Pterodroma
Species:
P. ultima
Binomial name
Pterodroma ultima
Murphy, 1949

Murphy's petrel (Pterodroma ultima) is a species of seabird and a member of the gadfly petrels. The bird is 38–41 cm length, with a 97 cm wingspan, and weighs about 360 g.[2][3] Its plumage is all dark sooty-grey, except for a pale chin, and pinkish legs;[2] it does not exhibit sexual dimorphism.[4] It was described by Robert Cushman Murphy in 1949, which is the source of the species' common name.

Murphy's petrels take unusually long feeding trips during incubation.[4]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Pterodroma ultima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22698039A155656440. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22698039A155656440.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J., eds. (1992). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. Volume 1: Ostrich to Ducks. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.
  3. ^ Sibley, David Allen (2014). The Sibley Guide to Birds. New York: Knopf. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-307-95790-0.
  4. ^ a b Clay, Thomas A.; Oppel, Steffen; Lavers, Jennifer L.; Phillips, Richard A.; Brooke, M. de L. (2018-12-15). "Divergent foraging strategies during incubation of an unusually wide-ranging seabird, the Murphy's petrel". Marine Biology. 166 (1): 8. doi:10.1007/s00227-018-3451-7. ISSN 0025-3162. PMC 6295288. PMID 30595609.