Pterodroma kurodai Harrison & Walker, 1978

Aldabra gadfly petrel

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

Distribution

Aldabra, Seychelles

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Harrison, C. J. O. and Walker, C. A. (1978). Pleistocene bird remains from Aldabra Atoll, Indian Ocean. Journal of Natural History 12(1): 7-14. [Abstract]

Other references:

Harrison, C. J. O. (1986). The affinities of the extinct Aldabra Gadfly Petrel Pterodroma kurodai. Ibis [incomplete reference]

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