Jamaican Petrel
Pterodroma caribbaeaCarte, A, 1866
English (US) Jamaican Petrel
The Jamaican Petrel (Pterodroma caribbaea) 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: formerly bred montane eastern Jamaica; probably extinct ca. 1936Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pterodroma caribbaea
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Jamaican Petrel
- Described by
- Carte, A, 1866
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Carte, A, 1866
- Type locality
- Blue Mountains, Jamaica.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866, pt.1 p.93 pl.11
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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