Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma castro)

Changing Seabird Management in Hawai'i: from Exploitation through Management to Restoration

“…The nesting sites of the Band-rumped Storm-petrel remain unknown (Harrison et al 1990;Slotterback 2002), so there is little that can be done for its conservation, aside from continuing efforts to locate colonies and document basic life history parameters. However, we do know many of the nesting sites of Newell's Shearwater and Hawaiian Petrel and, unless we could somehow establish sustainable populations of both on small, predator-free islands, there will never be a safe future for these species without continuing management efforts (cf.…”