St. Helena Petrel
Pterodroma rupinarumOlson, SL, 1975
English (US) St. Helena Petrel
The St. Helena Petrel (Pterodroma rupinarum) 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: formerly bred on St. Helena Island; extinctRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pterodroma rupinarum
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- St. Helena Petrel
- Described by
- Olson, SL, 1975
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Olson, SL, 1975
- Original description
- Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 23 p.14
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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