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Where does the Barau's Petrel live?

Pterodroma baraui has 9,471 records in 17 countries and territories, from 1963 to 2026. Most records come from Réunion.

Barau's Petrel
Barau's Petrel — Maans Booysen, Birding Weto / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesProcellariiformesProcellariidaePterodroma

When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Réunion 9,175
Mauritius 55
ZZ 54
Australia 45
South Africa 42
French Southern Territories 14
Madagascar 11
Sri Lanka 9
Cocos Islands 8
Saint Helena 6
Christmas Island 3
Seychelles 3
India 2
France 1
Heard & McDonald Islands 1
Namibia 1
Somalia 1

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.