Phoenix Petrel
Pterodroma alba(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Phoenix Petrel
The Phoenix Petrel (Pterodroma alba) 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 eastern Polynesia; ranges to Kermadec Islands and east-central PacificRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pterodroma alba
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Phoenix Petrel
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Procellaria alba
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- Turtle and Christmas Islands; restricted to Christmas Island by Murphy, 1952, Amer. Mus. Novit., no. 1580, p. 32.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.565
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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