Matsudaira's storm petrel
Matsudaira's storm petrel (Hydrobates matsudairae) is a species of seabird in the family Hydrobatidae.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Hydrobatidae |
| Genus: | Hydrobates |
| Species: | H. matsudairae |
| Binomial name | |
| Hydrobates matsudairae (Kuroda, Nm, 1922) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Oceanodroma matsudairae | |
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 Yorikatsu Matsudaira.[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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