Herald Petrel
Pterodroma heraldica(Salvin, O, 1888)
English (US) Herald Petrel
The Herald Petrel (Pterodroma heraldica) 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 in the tropical Pacific Ocean, from Raine Island (off northeastern Australia; few), Tonga, and French Polynesia to Easter Island; pelagic range incompletely known, but occurs regularly to the central Pacific OceanRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pterodroma heraldica
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Herald Petrel
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1888)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- OEstrelata heraldica
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1888)
- Type locality
- Chesterfield Islands.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.5, vol.6, no.23 p.357
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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