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Providence Petrel

Pterodroma solandri(Gould, J, 1844)

English (US) Providence Petrel

The Providence Petrel (Pterodroma solandri) 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 mostly Lord Howe Island and (few) Philip Island of Norfolk group (east of Australia); ranges to eastern Australia and northwestern Pacific off Kamchatka and Japan, eastward to Bering SeaRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Pterodroma solandri
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Providence Petrel
Described by
(Gould, J, 1844)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Procellaria Solandri
Described by
(Gould, J, 1844)
Type locality
no locality = Bass Strait, fide Gould, 1844, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 13, p. 363.
Original description
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.12, no.133 p.57

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

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