South Georgia Diving Petrel
Pelecanoides georgicusMurphy, RC; Harper, F, 1916
English (US) South Georgia Diving Petrel
The South Georgia Diving Petrel (Pelecanoides georgicus) 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.
- Scientific name
- Pelecanoides georgicus
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- South Georgia Diving Petrel
- Described by
- Murphy, RC; Harper, F, 1916
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Pelecanoides georgicus georgicus
- Pelecanoides georgicus whenuahouensis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Pelecanoides georgica
- Described by
- Murphy, RC; Harper, F, 1916
- Type locality
- Cumberland Bay, South Georgia.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 35 p.66
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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