Stejneger's petrel

Stejneger's petrel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Genus: Pterodroma
Species:
P. longirostris
Binomial name
Pterodroma longirostris
(Stejneger, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Aestrelata longirostris Stejneger, 1893
  • Pterodroma leucoptera longirostris Stejneger, 1893
  • Pterodroma cookii masafuerae Lönnberg, 1921
  • Pterodroma longirostris masafuerae Lönnberg, 1921
  • Pterodroma cookii masafuerae Lönnberg, 1921

Stejneger's petrel (Pterodroma longirostris) is a species of seabird belonging to the family Procellaridae, the gadfly petrels, shearwaters and related species. This species is found in the tropical and subtropical Pacific Ocean, although as a breeding bird it is restricted to the Juan Fernandez Islands of Chile.

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