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Murphy's Petrel

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Description:	A Murphy's Petrel (Pterodroma ultima) rests on a rock on Ducie Atoll, Pitcairn Islands.
Field Notes:	Although petrels are typically borrow-nesters, on Ducie they nest atop the ground in prodigious numbers, highest in the world. No large rats or feral cats are present to devastate their populations, as is true for seabirds on most islands worldwide.