White-faced Storm Petrel
Pelagodroma marina(Latham, J, 1790)
English (US) White-faced Storm Petrel
The White-faced Storm Petrel (Pelagodroma marina) 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 Oceanitidae (Southern Storm Petrels) in the order Procellariiformes.
- Scientific name
- Pelagodroma marina
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-faced Storm Petrel
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 6 subspecies for this species.
- Pelagodroma marina hypoleuca
- Pelagodroma marina eadesorum
- Pelagodroma marina marina
- Pelagodroma marina dulciae
- Pelagodroma marina maoriana
- Pelagodroma marina albiclunis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Procellaria marina
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
- Type locality
- Southern oceans = off the mouth of the Rio La Plata, lat. 35° S. - lat. 37° S. fide Murphy, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 50, 1924, p. 233.
- Original description
- Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 2 p.826
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Southern Storm Petrels
Wilson's Storm Petrel
Oceanites oceanicus
Pincoya Storm Petrel
Oceanites pincoyae
Elliot's Storm Petrel
Oceanites gracilis
Polynesian Storm Petrel
Nesofregetta fuliginosa
Grey-backed Storm Petrel
Garrodia nereis
White-bellied Storm Petrel
Fregetta grallaria
New Zealand Storm Petrel
Fregetta maoriana
New Caledonian Storm Petrel
Fregetta lineata
Black-bellied Storm Petrel
Fregetta tropica
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