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Great-winged Petrel

Pterodroma macroptera(Smith, A, 1840)

English (US) Great-winged Petrel

The Great-winged Petrel (Pterodroma macroptera) 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 subtropical to temperate islands from Tristan da Cunha and Gough (south-central South Atlantic Ocean) to Kerguelen Island (southern Indian Ocean), and Eclipse and Coffin islands (off southwestern Australia); non-breeding range in subtropical to temperate South Atlantic and southern Indian oceans from east of southern South America to southern Australian watersRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Pterodroma macroptera
Family
Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels)
Order
Procellariiformes
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Great-winged Petrel
Described by
(Smith, A, 1840)
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Taxonomic history

First described as
Procellaria macroptera
Described by
(Smith, A, 1840)
Type locality
Cape seas.
Original description
Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836 pt.11 pl.52,text

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

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