Barau's petrel

English

A Barau's petrel

Etymology

From Barau (“a surname”) + petrel, after French agricultural engineer and ornithologist Armand Barau.

Noun

Barau's petrel (plural Barau's petrels)

1. A medium-sized gadfly petrel, Pterodroma baraui.
   • 2003, Alula, volumes 9-11, page 72:

     Our continued searching was rewarded, however, by excellent views of two Barau's Petrels one at each end of the day.

   • 2009, Anthony Cheke, Julian P. Hume, Lost Land of the Dodo, unnumbered page:

     In 1992–93 poachers shot dozens, possibly hundreds, of Barau's Petrels as they flew inland at dusk near Saint-Pierre.

   • 2013, Roger Safford, Frank Hawkins, The Birds of Africa, volume VIII, The Malagasy Region, page 141:

     Feral cats living near colonies preyed mostly on Barau's Petrels, killing >900 birds annually (58% adults, 42% fledglings) in 2 studied colonies (Faulquier et al. 2009); such predation, particularly of adults, is not sustainable in a normally long-lived species, and could lead to extinction within 100 years (Russell et al. 2009).

Translations

Pterodroma baraui

• Finnish: reunioninviistäjä (fi)