Juan Fernandez Petrel
Pterodroma externa(Salvin, O, 1875)
English (US) Juan Fernandez Petrel
The Juan Fernandez Petrel (Pterodroma externa) 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 montane Alejandro Selkirk Island (=Mas Afuera, Juan Fernández Islands; far off central Chile); ranges to tropical Pacific around main Hawaiian IslandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pterodroma externa
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Juan Fernandez Petrel
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1875)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Oestrelata externa
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1875)
- Type locality
- Islands of Masafuera and Juan Fernandez.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.3, vol.5, no.19 p.373
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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