Warning: DOMDocument::load(): SSL operation failed with code 1. OpenSSL Error messages:
error:140770FC:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:unknown protocol in C:\Apache24\htdocs\includes\SpeciesSummary.lib.php on line 1236
Warning: DOMDocument::load(): Failed to enable crypto in C:\Apache24\htdocs\includes\SpeciesSummary.lib.php on line 1236
Warning: DOMDocument::load(https://sealifebase.nrm.se/webservice/AquaMaps/getAMap.php?genus=Pterodroma&species=nigripennis): failed to open stream: operation failed in C:\Apache24\htdocs\includes\SpeciesSummary.lib.php on line 1236
Warning: DOMDocument::load(): I/O warning : failed to load external entity "https://sealifebase.nrm.se/webservice/AquaMaps/getAMap.php?genus=Pterodroma&species=nigripennis" in C:\Apache24\htdocs\includes\SpeciesSummary.lib.php on line 1236
Total Length: 30 cm; Wingspan: 67 cm (Ref. 91362). Found in the open ocean (Ref. 356). Forms breeding colonies on oceanic islands. Does not commonly trail ships. During flight, hangs motionless over ocean. Feeds by surface-seizing and surface-plunging (Ref. 356).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae