Matsudaira's storm petrel
| Matsudaira's storm petrel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Hydrobatidae |
| Genus: | Hydrobates |
| Species: | H. matsudairae
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| Binomial name | |
| Hydrobates matsudairae (Kuroda, Nagamichi, 1922)
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| Synonyms | |
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Oceanodroma matsudairae | |
Matsudaira's storm petrel (Hydrobates matsudairae) is a species of seabird in the family Hydrobatidae.
It breeds solely in the Volcano Islands in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and winters in the Indian Ocean.
Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Japanese ornithologist .[2] It was formerly defined in the genus Oceanodroma before that genus was synonymized with Hydrobates.[3]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Hydrobates matsudairae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22698548A132652969. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22698548A132652969.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 223.
- ^ "Taxonomic Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-07-29.
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