Christmas Shearwater
Puffinus nativitatisStreets, TH, 1877
English (US) Christmas Shearwater
The Christmas Shearwater (Puffinus nativitatis) 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 eastern Polynesian island groups, in Hawaii, Line, Austral, Marquesas, Gambier, Pitcairn, Easter, and Salas y Gomez; ranges westward to Micronesia and eastward to coasts of western Mexico southward to Costa RicaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Puffinus nativitatis
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Christmas Shearwater
- Described by
- Streets, TH, 1877
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Puffinus (Nectris) nativitatis
- Described by
- Streets, TH, 1877
- Type locality
- Christmas Island, Pacific Ocean.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the United States National Museum 1, pt.7 p.29
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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