Kauaʻi record · kba_bird_tahiti_petrel
Tahiti Petrel
Pseudobulweria rostrata
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About Tahiti Petrel
Tahiti Petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata) is recorded as a migrant or nonbreeding visitor on Kauaʻi in the Bishop Museum's 2017 island checklist. This is a documented island occurrence, not a claim of an individual sighting in 2026.
Kauaʻi evidence
Bishop Museum island checklist (version 2, 2017) lists Kauaʻi status M: migrant or nonbreeding visitor. See original island table. A Hawaiʻi-level record is available, but the species needs a documented Kauaʻi observation before local ecological conclusions are drawn.
Occurrence evidence
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Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Pseudobulweria rostrata
- Common names
- Tahiti Petrel
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Kauaʻi documented: migrant or nonbreeding visitor (2017 island checklist)
- Origin
- Vagrant visitor
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- Island occurrence supported by the 2017 checklist; abundance and current year presence are not established here
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Cliffs
- Food and resource needs
- For Kauaʻi, Tahiti Petrel has no standing local food dependency until an occurrence is validated. If recorded, attach the observation to transient access to marine prey such as fish, squid, crustaceans, areas schooling prey, carrion, or kleptoparasitic food pathways depending on the seabird role.
- Reproduction
- Breeding on Kauaʻi is not established; seasonal resting and foraging habitat may be relevant.
- Shelter
- Shelter and structure within cliffs.
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Predation at colonies, light fallout, powerline/collision mortality, fishery interaction, coastal disturbance, marine food-web change, and climate/ocean condition shifts
- Conservation actions
- Predator control, colony fencing where applicable, light reduction, fallout response, burrow/colony monitoring, fishery-risk mitigation, and protected nesting habitat
- Monitoring
- Document date, place, observer, habitat, behavior, and supporting media for any Kauaʻi observation.
- Data gaps
- Update island status with dated contemporary records · Specific Kauaʻi habitat and abundance need local evidence
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Tahiti Petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata) is recorded as a migrant or nonbreeding visitor on Kauaʻi in the Bishop Museum's 2017 island checklist. This is a documented island occurrence, not a claim of an individual sighting in 2026.