Bulwer's Petrel
Bulweria bulwerii(Jardine, W; Selby, PJ, 1828)
English (US) Bulwer's Petrel
The Bulwer's Petrel (Bulweria bulwerii) 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 Azores to Cape Verde Islands, Round Island (off Mauritius), Bonin Islands (southern Japan), islands off southern China, Kiribati, Marquesas, Northwestern and main Hawaiian islands, including Johnson Atoll; ranges widely in Atlantic, reaching western Africa, widely in tropical Indian Ocean from Mascarenes eastward to New Guinea and northern Australia, and through tropical PacificRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Bulweria bulwerii
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Bulwer's Petrel
- Described by
- (Jardine, W; Selby, PJ, 1828)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Procellaria bulwerii
- Described by
- (Jardine, W; Selby, PJ, 1828)
- Type locality
- Madeira.
- Original description
- Illustrations of ornithology 2 pl.65,text
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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