Spectacled Petrel
Procellaria conspicillataGould, J, 1844
English (US) Spectacled Petrel
The Spectacled Petrel (Procellaria conspicillata) 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 Inaccessible Island (Tristan da Cunha); ranges to coast of southern Brazil to northern Argentina, and to southwestern AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Procellaria conspicillata
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Spectacled Petrel
- Described by
- Gould, J, 1844
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Gould, J, 1844
- Type locality
- 'very abundant in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.1, vol.13, no.85 p.362
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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