Hawaiian Petrel
Pterodroma sandwichensis(Ridgway, R, 1884)
English (US) Hawaiian Petrel
The Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) 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 Kaua'i, Moloka'i (formerly), Lana'i, Maui and Hawaii; ranges to Gulf of Alaska and offshore waters from Oregon to CaliforniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pterodroma sandwichensis
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Hawaiian Petrel
- Described by
- (Ridgway, R, 1884)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Oestrelata sandwichensis
- Described by
- (Ridgway, R, 1884)
- Type locality
- Hawaiian Islands.
- Original description
- Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 13 p.395,text
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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