Newell's Shearwater
Puffinus newelliHenshaw, HW, 1900
English (US) Newell's Shearwater
The Newell's Shearwater (Puffinus newelli) 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 mountains of main Hawaiian Islands (primarily Kauai, also Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii); ranges to waters south of Japan and Mariana Islands and to southwestern Pacific near New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, and VanuatuRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Puffinus newelli
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Newell's Shearwater
- Described by
- Henshaw, HW, 1900
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Henshaw, HW, 1900
- Type locality
- Waihee Valley, Ulani = Maui Island, Hawaiian Islands.
- Original description
- The Auk 17, no.3 p.246
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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