Blue Petrel
Halobaena caerulea(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Blue Petrel
The Blue Petrel (Halobaena caerulea) 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 islands of subantarctic Atlantic and Indian oceans mostly south of Antarctic Convergence from Diego RamÃrez (south of Tierra del Fuego), Cape Horn, and South Georgia through subantarctic islands of southern Indian Ocean to Macquarie Island (southeast of Australia); forages to Antarctic waters; disperses to waters of southern South America and southern AustraliaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Halobaena caerulea
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue Petrel
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Procellaria caerulea
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- Southern Ocean.
- 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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