Talk:Gadfly petrel

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Species

Can anyone tell me why the Herald Petrel is listed twice, with no explaination on the page? JohnCastle 22:54, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The traditional classification system has to go. It only causes confusion. Removing bullets from species split and accepted by some of the primary authorities, including IOC, OBC, James Clements, SACC, etc.--Famedalupi (talk) 10:07, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Herald Petrel has not been split per the SACC yet, and the Fea's Petrel has not been split per any major authority (the IOC is comtemplating). speednat (talk) 21:27, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]