MacGillivray's Prion
Pachyptila macgillivrayi(Mathews, GM, 1912)
English (US) MacGillivray's Prion
The MacGillivray's Prion (Pachyptila macgillivrayi) 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 in the southern Atlantic Ocean (Gough Island) and the southern Indian Ocean (off St. Paul Island, formerly also Amsterdam Island); at-sea distribution not well knownRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pachyptila macgillivrayi
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- MacGillivray's Prion
- Described by
- (Mathews, GM, 1912)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Prion vittata macgillivrayi
- Described by
- (Mathews, GM, 1912)
- Type locality
- St. Paul Island, Indian Ocean.
- Original description
- The birds of Australia 2 p.211
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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