Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Bleekvlerkkeilstert
Common Names in Dutch:
Bulwers Stormvogel
Common Names in English:
Bulwer's Petrel
Common Names in French:
Pétrel De Bulwer
Common Names in German:
Bulwersturmvogel
Common Names in Italian:
Berta Di Bulwer
Common Names in Japanese:
アナドリ
Common Names in Spanish:
Petrel De Bulwer
Description
Family Procellariidae
Small- to medium-sized seabirds with a characteristic tubular nasal passage which is used for smell. Most have weak legs , and all are strong fliers.
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,755 meters (0 to -18,881 feet).Mean = -2,002.980 meters (-6,571.457 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,938.800 based on 58 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
()
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
()
- Bonaparte, 1854
- Albatrosses, Alcids
- Suborder:
Ciconii
()
-
- Infraorder:
Ciconiides
()
-
- Parvorder:
Ciconiida
()
- Superfamily:
Procellarioidea
()
- Family:
Procellariidae
()
- Leach, 1820
- Petrels, Shearwaters
- Subfamily:
Procellariinae
()
- Genus:
Bulweria
()
- Bonaparte, 1843(1842)
- Specific name:
bulwerii
- (Jardine & Selby, 1828)
- Scientific name: - Bulweria bulwerii (Jardine & Selby, 1828)
- Specific name:
bulwerii
- (Jardine & Selby, 1828)
- Genus:
Bulweria
(
- Subfamily:
Procellariinae
(
- Family:
Procellariidae
(
- Superfamily:
Procellarioidea
(
- Parvorder:
Ciconiida
(
- Infraorder:
Ciconiides
(
- Suborder:
Ciconii
(
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Bulweria bulweria (Jardine and Selby, 1828)
- Bulweria bulwerii (Jardine & Selby, 1828)
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Bulweria
There are approximately 5 species in this genus:
B. bifax (Small St Helena Petrel) · B. bulwerii (Bulwer's Petrel) · B. bulwerii bulwerii · B. fallax (Jouanin's Petrel) · B. macgillivrayi (Fiji Petrel)
Bibliography
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
- Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places: For References from A–L. For References from M–Z.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
More Info
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Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 11, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 19 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 11, 2007:
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Seabirds of the Southern and South Indian Ocean
- Avian Knowledge Network, eBird
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
- European Environment Agency, EUNIS
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Ornithology Collection
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- Senckenberg, Collection Aves
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Birds
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- , Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3851945
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-554144
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13817962
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 554144
- IUCN ID: 49697
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 150165
