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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
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
English (US)
Phoenix Petrel
Described by
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)

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Taxonomic 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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