Galapagos Petrel
Pterodroma phaeopygia(Salvin, O, 1876)
English (US) Galapagos Petrel
The Galapagos Petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia) 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 montane Galapagos; ranges to waters off western Mexico to EcuadorRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pterodroma phaeopygia
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Galapagos Petrel
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1876)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Oestrelata phaeopygia
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1876)
- Type locality
- Chatham Island, Galapagos.
- Original description
- Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 9, pt.9 p.507 pl.88 fig.1,3
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Hawaiian Petrel
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White-necked Petrel
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Murphy's Petrel
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