Atlantic Petrel
Pterodroma incerta(Schlegel, H, 1863)
English (US) Atlantic Petrel
The Atlantic Petrel (Pterodroma incerta) 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 Gough and (at least formerly) Tristan da Cunha; ranges to deep offshore waters of southern Brazil to Argentina, and southwestern AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pterodroma incerta
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Atlantic Petrel
- Described by
- (Schlegel, H, 1863)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Procellaria incerta
- Described by
- (Schlegel, H, 1863)
- Type locality
- 'Mers australes.'
- Original description
- Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle des Pays-Bas. Revue méthodique et critique des collections déposées dans cet établissement livr.4 Procellariae no.22 p.9,10
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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