Streaked Shearwater
Calonectris leucomelas(Temminck, CJ, 1836)
English (US) Streaked Shearwater
The Streaked Shearwater (Calonectris leucomelas) 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 coastal islands from Russian Far East, Korean Peninsula, and Japan to islands off western Taiwan; ranges western Pacific to Philippines, Indonesia, and northern Australia eastward through Melanesia to MicronesiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Calonectris leucomelas
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Streaked Shearwater
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1836)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Procellaria leucomelas
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1836)
- Type locality
- seas of Japan and Nagasaki Bay.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.99, vol.5 pl.587
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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