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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\u00a9 Hiroyuki & Shoko Tanoi<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Birdfinding.info \u21d2<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Locally abundant around its sole breeding colony on Isla Alejandro Selkirk and common around neighboring Isla Robinson Crusoe, both over 400 miles west of the Chilean mainland.\u00a0 It can often be found within a few miles of the Chilean coast on boat trips out of Quintero, Valpara\u00edso, and Talcahuano.\u00a0 In Hawaii, it has been found consistently on pelagic trips out of Kailua-Kona<\/strong><\/a> from April to October.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Petrel<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Pterodroma externa<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Family: Procellariidae<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Breeds in the Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Islands and disperses across the central and eastern Pacific.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t \u00a9 Xeno-Canto 2021<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Breeding.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Breeds from December to May on Isla Alejandro Selkirk (a.k.a. Masafuera), the more distant of the two main Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Islands.\u00a0 Nests alongside Stejneger\u2019s Petrel<\/strong><\/a> in burrows on slopes in fern-forest, fern-scrub and adjacent meadows and ridges at 600-1,150 m elevations.<\/p> The global population is large, estimated in 1986 at one million pairs. \u00a0IUCN classifies it as \u201cVulnerable\u201d because it nests only on a single island, and that island is exposed to threats that could be catastrophic for the population, especially the presence of several invasive mammals: cats, rats, goats, and dogs.<\/p> Nonbreeding.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Disperses extensively across the central and eastern Pacific, throughout Chilean waters, west across Polynesia, and north to Hawaii and Mexican waters.\u00a0 Hawaiian records are concentrated in the southeast, but also regular west to the Northwest Chain.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Wanderers have been recorded several times in the southwestern Pacific, in the waters of southeastern Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand.\u00a0 There are enough records to suggest that it may occur regularly in very low numbers.\u00a0 Reports from the Chatham Islands include individuals that returned for multiple years, apparently nest-prospecting and possibly breeding.<\/p> Vagrants have been recorded west to Japan, north to offshore waters of southern Oregon (sight record, June 7, 2002), and inland at Tucson, Arizona (photographed, September 7, 2016).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Identification<\/strong><\/span><\/p> A large, proportionately long-tailed and long-winged gadfly petrel with gray upperparts, a blackish helmet, and nearly all-white underparts\u2014the whitest underparts of any Pterodroma<\/em>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Petrel, showing nearly all-white underparts with black wingtips and \u201cwrist-commas.\u201d\u00a0 (Offshore from Isla Robinson Crusoe, Chile; February 11, 2000.) \u00a0\u00a9 Greg Lasley<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t The face is blackish around the eyes, cheeks, and crown, with a white forehead and throat.\u00a0 The nape is gray, which often extends down the sides of the neck as a partial collar.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Petrel, showing strongly-patterned, mostly pale-gray upperparts.\u00a0 (Offshore from the Pitcairn Islands; November 13, 2018.) \u00a0\u00a9 Hiroyuki & Shoko Tanoi<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t The upperparts are varying shades of gray.\u00a0 Depending on molt-stage and lighting, they can appear mostly dark and uniform, but usually appear pale-gray across the back, with dark wings and tail, and a darker \u201cM\u201d across the wings and lower back.<\/p> The rump and tail can appear all-dark, but typically have a narrow whitish fringe on the uppertail coverts, sometimes forming a distinct U-shaped rump-band.\u00a0 On some individuals, the base of the tail is infused with white.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Petrel, showing mostly dark-gray upperparts\u2014note U-shaped whitish rump band.\u00a0 (Offshore from Kailua-Kona, Big Island, Hawaii; July 23, 2016.) \u00a0\u00a9 Annie B. Douglas \/ Cascadia Research Collective<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Petrel, showing mostly dark-gray upperparts\u2014note U-shaped whitish rump band.\u00a0 (Offshore from Valpara\u00edso, Chile; March 3, 2012.) \u00a0\u00a9 Raphael Lebrun<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Petrel, showing typical upperparts coloration in fresh plumage.\u00a0 (Isla Robinson Crusoe, Chile; December 30, 2018.) \u00a0\u00a9 Fernando D\u00edaz (Albatross Birding Chile)<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Petrel, showing strongly-patterned, mostly pale-gray upperparts.\u00a0 (Offshore from the Pitcairn Islands; November 13, 2018.) \u00a0\u00a9 Hiroyuki & Shoko Tanoi<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Petrel, showing typical upperparts coloration in fresh plumage\u2014note all-gray rump.\u00a0 (Offshore from Valpara\u00edso, Chile; January 16, 2014.) \u00a0\u00a9 Pablo Andr\u00e9s C\u00e1ceres Contreras<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Petrel, showing typical upperparts coloration in fresh plumage\u2014note small white area on rump.\u00a0 (Offshore from Valpara\u00edso, Chile; December 22, 2013.) \u00a0\u00a9 Pablo Andr\u00e9s C\u00e1ceres Contreras<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Petrel, showing typical upperparts coloration in fresh plumage\u2014note all-gray rump.\u00a0 (Isla Robinson Crusoe, Chile; January 9, 2017.) \u00a0\u00a9 Fernando D\u00edaz (Albatross Birding Chile)<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Petrel, showing strongly contrasting plumage tones above and below.\u00a0 (Offshore from Kailua-Kona, Big Island, Hawaii; October 22, 2017.) \u00a0\u00a9 Thane Pratt<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Petrel, appearing pale in glary lighting.\u00a0 (Offshore from Kailua-Kona, Big Island, Hawaii; September 17, 2017.) \u00a0\u00a9 Brian Sullivan<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Petrel, showing mostly dark-gray upperparts in this lighting.\u00a0 (Offshore from Valpara\u00edso, Chile; January 29, 2012.) \u00a0\u00a9 Pablo Andr\u00e9s C\u00e1ceres Contreras<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Petrel in glary lighting\u2014also note its lanky, long-winged appearance.\u00a0 (Offshore from Kailua-Kona, Big Island, Hawaii; September 14, 2018.) \u00a0\u00a9 Bradley Hacker<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Petrel, with tail fanned, showing narrow U-shaped whitish rump band.\u00a0 (Offshore from Kailua-Kona, Big Island, Hawaii; October 22, 2017.) \u00a0\u00a9 Thane Pratt<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Petrel, showing unusually extensive white in the rump and the bases of the tail feathers.\u00a0 (Offshore from Kailua-Kona, Big Island, Hawaii; November 14, 2014.) \u00a0\u00a9 Julie E. Steelmann \/ Cascadia Research Collective<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Petrel.\u00a0 (Offshore from Kailua-Kona, Big Island, Hawaii; November 5, 2015.) \u00a0\u00a9 Elia Y. Herman \/ Cascadia Research Collective<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Petrel, showing subtly-patterned gray upperparts.\u00a0 (Offshore from Isla Alejandro Selkirk, Chile; March 1, 2020.) \u00a0\u00a9 John & Jemi Holmes<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Petrel, showing mostly uniform dark-gray upperparts in this lighting.\u00a0 (Offshore from Isla Robinson Crusoe, Chile; January 6, 2017.) \u00a0\u00a9 Mat\u00edas Garrido<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Petrel, frontal view showing white forehead and gray on the sides of the neck\u2014also showing an apparent white collar, similar to that of White-necked Petrel.\u00a0 (Offshore from Kailua-Kona, Big Island, Hawaii; November 5, 2015.) \u00a0\u00a9 Daniel L. Webster \/ Cascadia Research Collective<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Petrel, frontal view showing white forehead and gray on the sides of the neck.\u00a0 (Offshore from Isla Robinson Crusoe, Chile; January 6, 2017.) \u00a0\u00a9 Mat\u00edas Garrido<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Juan Fern\u00e1ndez Petrel, frontal view showing white forehead and gray on the sides of the neck.\u00a0 (Offshore from Kailua-Kona, Big Island, Hawaii; July 23, 2016.) \u00a0\u00a9 Annie B. Douglas \/ Cascadia Research Collective<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t The underparts are almost entirely white, with narrow black borders on the tail, wingtips, and trailing edge of the wings.\u00a0 The leading edge of the wing is mostly white, with a small black \u201ccomma\u201d on the inner side of the wrist.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"http:\/\/seabirding-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Juan-Fernandez-Petrel_5058_181109.jpg\")
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