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Stejneger's Petrel

Pterodroma longirostris

Classification

Class
Aves

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. Taxonomy Stejneger's petrel was first formally described as Aestrelata longirostris in 1893 by the Norwegian born American zoologist Leonhard Stejneger with its type locality given as Province of Mutzu, Hondo, Japan.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Chile · 545United States of America · 18France · 8