Barau's petrel

English right|thumb|A Barau's petrel Etymology From fr Barau a surname + en petrel, after French agricultural engineer and ornithologist Armand Barau. Noun A medium-sized gadfly petrel, Pterodroma baraui species. en 2003 Alula 9-11 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=0fVPAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Barau%27s+petrels%22&dq=%22Barau%27s+petrels%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-qW_Uv7wOcTQkwXE_IHADg&redir_esc=y 72 Our continued searching was rewarded, however, by excellent views of two Barau's Petrels one at each end of the day. en 2009 Anthony Cheke; Julian P. Hume Lost Land of the Dodo http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OGeENV4exXcC&pg=PT422&dq=%22Barau%27s+petrels%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-qW_Uv7wOcTQkwXE_IHADg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Barau's%20petrels%22&f=false unnumbered In 1992–93 poachers shot dozens, possibly hundreds, of Barau's Petrels as they flew inland at dusk near Saint-Pierre. en 2013 Roger Safford; Frank Hawkins The Birds of Africa VIII The Malagasy Region http://books.google.com.au/books?id=qaFLAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA141&dq=%22Barau%27s+petrel%22%7C%22Barau%27s+petrels%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hqW_UuyUEYrIkAX4r4GACQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Barau's%20petrel%22%7C%22Barau's%20petrels%22&f=false 141 Feral cats living near colonies preyed mostly on Barau's Petrels, killing >900 birds annually (58% adults, 42% fledglings) in 2 studied colonies (Faulquier et al. 2009); such predation, particularly of adults, is not sustainable in a normally long-lived species, and could lead to extinction within 100 years (Russell et al. 2009). Translations Pterodroma baraui Finnish: fi reunioninviistäjä en eponyms en Tubenose birds