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Puffinus pacificus
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Species description or overview

Uau kani (wedge-tailed shearwater) overview View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
An overview of Puffinus pacificus is provided by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (Hawaii's Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy, 2005).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

Puffinus pacificus information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Puffinus pacificus, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

Threats to this species

Shearwater versus feral cats at Makena State Park
Cat predation on shearwaters is evident at burrows on Puu Olai, Makena, Maui (YouTube, 7/8/2008).

Pests of this species

Impacts of cats on two native Hawaiian seabirds on the island of Maui View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Wedge-tailed shearwater and Bulwer's petrel colonies on Maui were affected by cat predation in the 1999 breeding season (Fern Duvall, personal communication).

Videos

Shearwater versus feral cats at Makena State Park
Cat predation on shearwaters is evident at burrows on Puu Olai, Makena, Maui (YouTube, 7/8/2008).

Images

Images of Puffinus pacificus (wedge-tailed shearwater, uau kani) from Hawaii
Online images of Puffinus pacificus (wedge-tailed shearwater, uau kani) from Hawaii are made available by Forest & Kim Starr.

Books

Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.

Natural history of Nihoa and Necker Islands (citation)
The Nihoa and Necker Islands Biological Survey Handbook citation, list of taxa covered in this Bishop Museum publication, and link to purchase information are on the HEAR bibliography site.

Full-text articles

Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research
Stone, Charles P., Clifford W. Smith, and J. Timothy Tunison (eds.) . 1992. Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit. ISBN: 0-8248-1474-6.

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy
South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP). Sherley, Greg (ed.) . 2000. Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy. Apia, Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. ISBN: 982-04-0214-X.

Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.

Maui Offshore Islet Botanical Survey
Starr, F., K. Starr, and Wood K. 2006. Maui Offshore Islet Botanical Survey. Report prepared for State Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Offshore Islet Restoration Committee, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Oahu Offshore Islets Botanical Survey
Starr, F. and K. Starr. 2006. Oahu Offshore Islets Botanical Survey. Report prepared for State Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Offshore Islet Restoration Committee, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Lanai Offshore Islets Botanical Survey
Starr, F., K. Starr, and K. Wood. 2006. Lanai Offshore Islets Botanical Survey. Report prepared for State Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Offshore Islet Restoration Committee, Honolulu, Hawaii.

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