Jouanin's petrel

Jouanin's petrel
Off the east coast of India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Genus: Bulweria
Species:
B. fallax
Binomial name
Bulweria fallax
Jouanin, 1955

Jouanin's petrel (Bulweria fallax) is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae.

It is found throughout the northwestern Indian Ocean and has also been found in New Zealand.[2]

Its natural habitats are open seas and shallow seas. It has been recorded breeding on Socotra,[3] with a known breeding colony on Samhah island.

It is threatened by illegal killing.[4]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2018). "Bulweria fallax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018 e.T22698136A132628433. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22698136A132628433.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "First record of Jouanin's petrel in New Zealand". Birds New Zealand. doi:10.63172/482115apuuig. Retrieved 2026-08-28.
  3. ↑ Redman, N.; Stevenson, T.; Fanshawe, J. (2016). Birds of the Horn of Africa: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, and Socotra - Revised and Expanded Edition. Princeton Field Guides. Princeton University Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-691-17289-7. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
  4. ↑ BROCHET, ANNE-LAURE; VAN DEN BOSSCHE, WILLEM; JONES, VICTORIA R.; ARNARDOTTIR, HOLMFRIDUR; DAMOC, DORIN; DEMKO, MIROSLAV; DRIESSENS, GERALD; FLENSTED, KNUD; GERBER, MICHAEL; GHASABYAN, MAMIKON; GRADINAROV, DIMITAR; HANSEN, JANUS; HORVÁTH, MÁRTON; KARLONAS, MARIUS; KROGULEC, JAROSŁAW (2017-12-15). "Illegal killing and taking of birds in Europe outside the Mediterranean: assessing the scope and scale of a complex issue". Bird Conservation International. 29 (1): 10–40. doi:10.1017/s0959270917000533. ISSN 0959-2709.