Surprenante photo d’une femelle de Pétrel noir de Bourbon semblant « enceinte »

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• Adrian Long (2014). Critically endangered Mascarene Petrel discovered at sea and unique image captured of bird with its egg. Birdlife International. Date : 04/09. www.birdlife.org/worldwide/news/critically-endangered-mascarene-petrel-discovered-sea-and-unique-image-captured-bird
• Birdlife International. Mascarene Petrel Pseudobulweria aterrima. www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/factsheet/22697896
• Shirihai H., Pym T., San Román M. & Bretagnolle V. (2014). The Critically Endangered Mascarene Petrel, Pseudobulweria aterrima: identification and behaviour at sea, historical discovery of breeding sites, and breeding ecology on Réunion, Indian Ocean, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, 134 (3) 194-223. http://www.bou.org.uk/boc/shirihai-et-al.pdf
• The Guardian (2014). Pregnant Mascarene petrel shows off ginormous egg bump as she soars over open seas: picture. www.theguardian.com/science/grrlscientist/2014/sep/04/pregnant-mascarene-petrel-shows-off-ginormous-egg-bump-as-she-soars-over-open-seas-picture