Lifespan, longevity, and ageing
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Maximum longevity: 17.6 years (wild)
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- Joao Pedro de Magalhaes
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- de Magalhaes, J. P.
Description
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Length: (excluding streamers) 50-55 cm. Colour: adult: white with uneven black barring on back, rump and inner wing coverts, black crescent through the eye and on crown; flight feathers with outer web of primaries black, inner white, secondaries black with white tips and tertials black; tail and tail streamers white; bill red, legs and feet yellow, webs black; immature like adult but without streamers and bill pale green. Habitat: open ocean breeds on oceanic islands.
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- Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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- Lorna Depew [email]
Distribution
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summer visitor of the Gulf of Maine; usually found Tropical Oceans
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- Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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- Mary Kennedy [email]
