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Gould's Petrel

Pterodroma leucoptera(Gould, J, 1844)

English (US) Gould's Petrel

The Gould's Petrel (Pterodroma leucoptera) 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 Cabbage Tree and Boondelbah islands (off southeastern Australia) and montane Grande Terre, New Caledonia; ranges to Tasman Sea (east of Australia), Antarctica, and tropical Pacific to Hawaiian and Galapagos islandsRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Pterodroma leucoptera
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
English (US)
Gould's Petrel
Described by
(Gould, J, 1844)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Procellaria leucoptera
Described by
(Gould, J, 1844)
Type locality
Cabbage Tree Island, Port Stephens, New South Wales.
Original description
The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.1, vol.13, no.85 p.364

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 98 species of the family Procellariidae