Puffinus heinrothi Reichenow, 1919

Heinroth’s shearwater

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Rediscovered in 1978 (1979?)

IUCN RedList status: Vulnerable

Distribution

Solomon Islands

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Reichenow, A. (1919). Bericht über die Januarsitzung 1919. Journal für Ornithologie 67: 225.

Other references:

Bailey, S. F. 1992. Seabirds of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, September-November 1989. Emu 92: 223-232.

BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened birds of the world. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona and Cambridge.

Brook, M. (2004). Albatrosses and petrels across the world. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Buckingham, D. L.; Dutson, G. C. L.; Newman, J. L. 1995. Birds of Manus, Kolombangara and Makira (San Cristobal) with notes on mammals and records from other Solomon Islands.

Cheshire, N. (2010). Procellariiformes observed around Papua New Guinea including Bismarck Archipelago from 1985 to 2007. South Australian Ornithologist 36: 9-24.

Clay, J. 1994. Nakanai '93: an Oxford University Expedition to New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea.

Coates, B. J. (1985). The birds of Papua New Guinea, 1: non-passerines. Alderley, Australia: Dove.

Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A.; Sargatal, J. (eds.). (1992). Handbook of the birds of world, Volume 1. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.

Flood, Robert L., Wilson, Angus C. and Zufelt, Kirk. (2017). Observations of five little-known tubenoses from Melanesia in January 2017. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 137(3): 226-236.

Gibbs, D. 1996. Notes on Solomon Island birds. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 116: 18-25.

Hadden, D. (1981). Birds of the North Solomons. Wau, Papua New Guinea: Wau Ecology Institute.

Harrison, Peter. (1983). Seabirds: an identification guide. Bromley, Kent: Croom Helm.

Harrison, Peter. (2014). At-sea observations of Heinroth’s shearwater ([i]Puffinus heinrothi[/i]). Notornis 61(2): 67-72.

Heinroth, O. (1902). Ornithologische Ergebnisse der, 1 Deutschen Sudsee Expedition. Journal für Ornithologie 50: 390-457.

Hornbuckle, J. 1999. Birding in Melanesia: 3 May - July 1999.

Murphy, R. C. (1930). Birds collected during the Whitney South Sea Expedition. XI. American Museum Novitates 419: 1-15.

Onley, D. and Scofield, P. (2007). Field guide to the albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters of the world. London: Christopher Helm.

Warham, J. (1990). The petrels—their ecology and breeding systems. London: Academic Press.

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