Westland Petrel
Procellaria westlandicaFalla, RA, 1946
English (US) Westland Petrel
The Westland Petrel (Procellaria westlandica) 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 coastal foothills of western South Island (New Zealand); ranges to southeastern Australian waters and Humboldt Current from northern Chile southward to Cape HornRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Procellaria westlandica
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Westland Petrel
- Described by
- Falla, RA, 1946
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Procellaria parkinsoni westlandica
- Described by
- Falla, RA, 1946
- Type locality
- Barrytown, Westland, South Island, New Zealand.
- Original description
- Records of the Canterbury Museum 5 p.111
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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