Bryan's Shearwater
Puffinus bryaniPyle, P; Welch, AJ; Fleischer, RC, 2011
English (US) Bryan's Shearwater
The Bryan's Shearwater (Puffinus bryani) 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 Higashi-jima (northern Bonin Islands, far se Japan); ranges southern Japanese waters but originally discovered on Midway Island (Hawaii)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Puffinus bryani
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Bryan's Shearwater
- Described by
- Pyle, P; Welch, AJ; Fleischer, RC, 2011
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Pyle, P; Welch, AJ; Fleischer, RC, 2011
- Original description
- The Condor 113(3) 518-527
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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