Phoenix petrel
| Phoenix petrel | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Procellariidae |
| Genus: | Pterodroma |
| Species: | P. alba
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| Binomial name | |
| Pterodroma alba (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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| Synonyms | |
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Procellaria alba Gmelin, 1789[2] | |
The Phoenix petrel (Pterodroma alba) is a medium-sized tropical seabird, measuring up to 35 cm (1.15 ft) long, with a wingspan of 83 cm (2.72 ft). It has a dark brown upperparts plumage, white below and whitish throat. The sexes are similar.
The Phoenix petrel is found throughout oceans and coastal areas in the central
crustaceans
.
Due to ongoing habitat loss, small population size, predation by invasive species and human exploitation, the Phoenix petrel is evaluated as vulnerable on the
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
.
Taxonomy
The Phoenix petrel was
monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[9]
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2022). "Pterodroma alba". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22698001A183088698. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ JSTOR 4072962.
- ^ The Smithsonian Institution. p. 30.
- ^ Sharpe, Richard, ed. (1896). Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum: Gaviæ and Tubinares. London, UK: British Museum of Natural History. p. 405.
- ^ Gmelin, Johann Friedrich (1789). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae : secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (in Latin). Vol. 1, Part 2 (13th ed.). Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Georg. Emanuel. Beer. p. 565.
- ^ Latham, John (1785). A General Synopsis of Birds. Vol. 3, Part 2. London: Printed for Leigh and Sotheby. p. 400, No. 6.
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. pp. 71–72.
- ^ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1856). "Espèces nouvelles d'oiseaux d'Asie et d'Amérique, et tableaux paralléliques des Pélagiens ou Gaviae". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences (in French). 42: 764–776 [768].
- ^ Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Petrels, albatrosses". IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
Further reading
- Murphy, R.C.; Pennoyer, J.M. (1952). "Larger petrels of the genus Pterodroma". American Museum Novitates (1580): 32–35. hdl:2246/4049.