Olson's Petrel
Bulweria bifaxOlson, SL, 1975
English (US) Olson's Petrel
The Olson's Petrel (Bulweria bifax) 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: formerly St. Helena Island (South Atlantic); extinctRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Bulweria bifax
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Olson's Petrel
- Described by
- Olson, SL, 1975
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Olson, SL, 1975
- Original description
- Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 23 p.17
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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