Kerguelen Petrel
Aphrodroma brevirostris(Lesson, RP, 1831)
English (US) Kerguelen Petrel
The Kerguelen Petrel (Aphrodroma brevirostris) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels) in the order Procellariiformes.
Range: breeds South Georgia, Gough, Inaccessible, Prince Edward, Crozet, and Kerguelen islands; ranges subantarctic and Antarctic waters north of pack-iceRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aphrodroma brevirostris
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Kerguelen Petrel
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1831)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Procellaria brevirostris
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1831)
- Type locality
- No type locality.
- Original description
- Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux livr.8 p.611
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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