Broad-billed Prion
Pachyptila vittata(Forster, JGA, 1777)
English (US) Broad-billed Prion
The Broad-billed Prion (Pachyptila vittata) 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 off New Zealand and Tristan da Cunha group; disperses southern oceansRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pachyptila vittata
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Broad-billed Prion
- Described by
- (Forster, JGA, 1777)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Procellaria vittata
- Described by
- (Forster, JGA, 1777)
- Type locality
- Tristan da Cunha.
- Original description
- A voyage round the world, in His Britannic Majesty's Sloop, Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5 1 p.91,98,note
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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