Black Petrel
Procellaria parkinsoniGray, GR, 1862
English (US) Black Petrel
The Black Petrel (Procellaria parkinsoni) 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 Little and Great Barrier islands (off North Island, New Zealand); ranges to southeastern offshore Australian waters and east-central Pacific off Mexico southward to EcuadorRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Procellaria parkinsoni
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Black Petrel
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1862
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1862
- Type locality
- New Zealand.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.1, vol.4, no.15 p.245
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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