Grey-faced Petrel
Pterodroma gouldi(Hutton, FW, 1869)
English (US) Gray-faced Petrel
UK name: Grey-faced Petrel
The Grey-faced Petrel (Pterodroma gouldi) 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 on headlands and islands off northern North Island (New Zealand), especially Moutohora Island and Hongiora Island (Bay of Plenty); non-breeding range in deep subtropical water from Tasman Sea (off southeastern Australia) to southern Melanesian waters (southwestern Pacific Ocean)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pterodroma gouldi
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-faced Petrel
- English (UK)
- Grey-faced Petrel
- Described by
- (Hutton, FW, 1869)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Aestrelata gouldi
- Described by
- (Hutton, FW, 1869)
- Type locality
- New Zealand seas.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.2, vol.5, no.19 p.351
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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