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Species profile—Puffinus bailloni (tropical shearwater)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Procellariidae (Petrels and Shearwaters) → Puffinus bailloni (tropical shearwater)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Aves (birds)
Family
Procellariidae (Petrels and Shearwaters)
Scientific name
Puffinus bailloni (Bonaparte, 1857)
Common name
tropical shearwater
WildNet taxon ID
1187
Synonym(s)
Puffinus lherminieri
Puffinus bailloni gunax
Puffinus lherminieri gunax
Puffinus bailloni dichrous
Puffinus lherminieri dichrous
Alternate name(s)
Audubon's shearwater
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Marine & Terrestrial

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1187.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022