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The mottled petrel (''Pterodroma inexpectata'') is a species of seabird and a member of the gadfly petrels. The bird is 33–35 cm in size, with a 74–82 cm wingspan. This species is highly pelagic, rarely approaching land, except to nest and rear young. The mottled petrel feeds mostly on fish and squid, with some crustaceans taken. It is a transequatorial migrant, breeding in New Zealand and some of the lesser islands, then moving to the Bering Sea, concentrating in the Gulf of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. The mottled petrel uses burrows and rock crevices to nest in. It was formerly more numerous than today. The species' numbers have been and continue to be affected by predation by introduced mammals. ==References== * "National Geographic" ''Field Guide to the Birds of North'' ''America'' ISBN 0-7922-6877-6 *'' Seabirds, an Identification Guide'' by Peter Harrison, (1983) ISBN 0-7470-1410-8 *''Handbook of the Birds of the World Vol 1'', Josep del Hoyo editor, ISBN 84-87334-10-5 *"National Audubon Society" ''The Sibley Guide to Birds'', by David Allen Sibley, ISBN 0-679-45122-6 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「mottled petrel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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