Peruvian Diving Petrel
Pelecanoides garnotii(Lesson, RP; Garnot, P, 1828)
English (US) Peruvian Diving Petrel
The Peruvian Diving Petrel (Pelecanoides garnotii) 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 islets of Humboldt Current zone from Lobos de Tierra (off northern Peru) to Coronel (Bio-Bio region, south-central Chile)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pelecanoides garnotii
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Peruvian Diving Petrel
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP; Garnot, P, 1828)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Puffinuria Garnotii
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP; Garnot, P, 1828)
- Type locality
- coast of Peru between San Gallan Island and Lima.
- Original description
- Manuel d'ornithologie, ou description des genres et des principales espèces d'oiseaux 2 p.394
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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