| Gould's petrel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Procellariidae |
| Genus: | Pterodroma |
| Species: | P. leucoptera
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| Binomial name | |
| Pterodroma leucoptera (Gould, 1844)
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| Synonyms | |
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Procellaria leucoptera Gould, 1844 Rhantistes velox Bonaparte, 1856 (nomen novum) Cookilaria cookii byroni Mathews, 1916 Pterodroma cookii masafuerae Lönnberg, 1920 | |
Gould's petrel (Pterodroma leucoptera) is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae. The common name commemorates the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould (1804–1881).[2]
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Pterodroma leucoptera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22697970A132615952. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22697970A132615952.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 145–146.