Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna pacifica(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Wedge-tailed Shearwater
The Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna pacifica) 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: widespread in tropical and subtropical Pacific and Indian oceans, breeding on islets from Seychelles and Mascarenes eastward through Ogasawara and Iwo islands (southern Japan) and northern Australia, thence to Hawaii and Revillagigedo Islands (off central Mexico); ranges from northeastern Africa and Malagasy region eastward to southern Baja California and southward to PanamaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ardenna pacifica
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Procellaria pacifica
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- Pacific Ocean. Type locality restricted to Kermadec Islands. Mathews, Bds. Austr., 2, 1912, p. 80.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.560
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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