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
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Providence Petrel
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1844)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic 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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