Barau's petrel - Baraus stormvogel - Pterodroma baraui from diurnally Watch Video
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Description: Barau's petrel (Pterodroma baraui) is a medium-sized gadfly petrel from the family Procellariidae. Its main breeding site is the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean. nThe name commemorates Armand Barau, an agricultural engineer and ornithologist from the French territory of Réunion in the Indian Ocean. It is one of the most recently discovered species of seabird and was only described in 1964, although it was known to local people prior to that. nBarau's petrel is around 40 cm long, and has