Jouanin's petrel
Appearance
Jouanin's petrel | |
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Off the east coast of India | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Procellariiformes |
Family: | Procellariidae |
Genus: | Bulweria |
Species: | B. fallax
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Binomial name | |
Bulweria fallax Jouanin, 1955
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The Jouanin's petrel (Bulweria fallax) is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae.
It is found in Djibouti, Indonesia, Pakistan, Kenya, Maldives, Mozambique, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Somalia, and Yemen.
Its natural habitats are open seas and shallow seas. It has been recorded breeding on Socotra.