Heinroth's Shearwater
Puffinus heinrothiReichenow, A, 1919
English (US) Heinroth's Shearwater
The Heinroth's Shearwater (Puffinus heinrothi) 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: presumably breeds montane Bougainville, Kolombangara, and Rendova (northern and west-central Solomon Islands); non-breeders range westward to Flores, Moluccan seas, and Bismarck ArchipelagoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Puffinus heinrothi
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Heinroth's Shearwater
- Described by
- Reichenow, A, 1919
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Reichenow, A, 1919
- Type locality
- Blanche Bay, New Britain.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 67, no.2 p.225
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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