THE MADEIRAN STORM PETREL OCEANODROMA CASTRO

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Author: Allan, R. G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1962
• Subjects: Bird Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1962.tb07247.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.1962.tb07247.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1962.tb07247.x

SUMMARY The Medeiran Storm Petrel breeds annually on Boastwain Bird Island and probably has a 12‐month sexual cycle. The birds first arrive in July and most of the eggs are laid in November. During 1958–59 when the British Ornithologists' Union Centenary Expedition was on Ascension Island, the...