Flesh-footed Shearwater
Ardenna carneipes(Gould, J, 1844)
English (US) Flesh-footed Shearwater
The Flesh-footed Shearwater (Ardenna carneipes) 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 islets off St. Paul (central Indian Ocean), southern Australia, Lord Howe Island (east of Australia), North Island and Cook Strait (New Zealand); ranges to Arabian Sea, eastern Malagasy region, and Sea of Okhotsk to Gulf of Alaska and western USA coast (rare)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ardenna carneipes
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Flesh-footed Shearwater
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1844)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Puffinus carneipes
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1844)
- Type locality
- small islands off Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia.
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.1, vol.13, no.85 p.365
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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