Jouanin's petrel

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Jouanin's petrel
Off the east coast of India

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Genus: Bulweria
Species:
B. fallax
Binomial name
Bulweria fallax
Jouanin, 1955

Jouanin's petrel (Bulweria fallax) is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae.

It is found throughout the northwestern Indian Ocean.

Its natural habitats are open seas and shallow seas. It has been recorded breeding on Socotra.[2]

It is threatened by illegal killing.[3]

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