Boyd's Shearwater
Puffinus boydiMathews, GM, 1912
English (US) Boyd's Shearwater
The Boyd's Shearwater (Puffinus boydi) 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 Cape Verde Islands; ranges (rarely) to Canary Islands, northwestern African coastal waters and Amazon Reef (northeastern South America)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Puffinus boydi
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Boyd's Shearwater
- Described by
- Mathews, GM, 1912
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Puffinus lherminieri boydi
- Described by
- Mathews, GM, 1912
- Type locality
- Cape Verde Islands.
- Original description
- The birds of Australia 2 p.70
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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