The Peruvian Diving Petrel in Peru

24 April 1989

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Oryx

Vol. 23 (2) , 102-105
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0030605300022778

Abstract

The Peruvian diving petrel Pelecanoides garnotii is endemic to the Peruvian or Humboldt Current. Descriptions of past colonies suggest that the species was once abundant in Peru, but harvesting guano on its nesting islands and killing the birds for their meat caused a drastic decline in the population. Fishing activities and direct exploitation threaten the only two remaining breeding colonies in Peru. There are an estimated 4000 breeding individuals left, but unless they are protected the species will continue to decline.

Keywords

PERUVIAN DIVING
DIVING PETREL
BREEDING
ENDEMIC
DRASTIC
NESTING

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

The Anchovy Crisis
Scientific American, 1973
Habits and economic relations of the guano birds of Peru
Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 1919