Bulweria bifax Olson, 1975:17

Small St. Helena petrel, St. Helena Bulwer's petrel, Olson's petrel

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Pterodroma sp. Ashmole, 1963:400

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: after 1502?

IUCN RedList status: Extinct

Distribution

St. Helena

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Holotype: USNM 176020

Type locality: "aeolian calcareous sand near Sugarloaf Hill (Site 1), St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean."

Paratypes:

USNM 176021 to 176202

BMNH S/1963.25.8

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Olson, Storrs L. (1975). Palaeornithology of St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, No. 23: 1-49.

Other references:

Ashmole, N. P. (1963). The extinct avifauna of St Helena Island. Ibis 103b(3): 390-408.

BirdLife International. (2012). Bulweria bifax. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 22 August 2013.

BirdLife International. 2016. Bulweria bifax. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22728804A94997177. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22728804A94997177.en. Downloaded on 27 June 2021.

Brooks, T. 2000. Extinct species. In: BirdLife International (ed.), Threatened Birds of the World, pp. 701-708. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona and Cambridge, U.K.

del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

del Monte-Luna, Pablo et al. (2023). A review of recent and future marine extinctions. Cambridge Prisms: Extinction 1: e13. https://doi.org/10.1017/ext.2023.11

Dulvy, Nicholas K., Pinnegar, John K. and Reynolds, John D. (2009). Holocene extinctions in the sea, pp. 129-150. In: Turvey, Samuel T. (ed.). Holocene Extinctions. Oxford, UK & New York, USA: Oxford University Press. xii + 352 pp.

Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser. 544 pp.

Sayol, Ferran, Steinbauer, Manuel J., Blackburn, Tim M., Antonelli, Alexandre and Faurby, Søren. (2020). Anthropogenic extinctions conceal widespread evolution of flightlessness in birds. Science Advances 6(49): eabb6095. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6095 [Supplementary Material (Data File S1)]

Tyrberg, Tommy. (2009). Holocene avian extinctions, pp. 63-106. In: Turvey, Samuel T. (ed.). Holocene Extinctions. Oxford, UK & New York, USA: Oxford University Press. xii + 352 pp.

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