Species profile
Masatierra Petrel
Pterodroma defilippiana
Quick answer
AEstrelata defilippiana Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869 MZUT AV 18779; mount; unsexed adult; southern Pacific Ocean between Callao (Lima, Peru) and Valparaiso (Chile), 31 August 1867; collected during the Magenta voyage. MZUT AV 18780; mount; unsexed adult; southern Pacific Ocean between Callao (Lima, Peru) and Valparaiso (Chile); 31 August 1867; collected during the Magenta voyage. Remarks. — These specimens are syntypes of AEstrelata defilippiana Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869. Giglioli (1876) stated that, after lunch on 31 August 1867, at c. 26 ° S, 89 ° W, a boat was prepared for collecting pelagic birds, including these two specimens.
- Scientific name
- Pterodroma defilippiana
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Genus
- Pterodroma
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
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