Matsudaira's storm petrel
Matsudaira's storm petrel (Oceanodroma matsudairae) is a species of seabird in the family Hydrobatidae.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Hydrobatidae |
| Genus: | Oceanodroma |
| Species: | O. matsudairae |
| Binomial name | |
| Oceanodroma matsudairae Kuroda, 1922 | |
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]
References
- BirdLife International (2014). "Oceanodroma matsudairae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 223.
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