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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
====Status of Spectacled Petrel ''conspicillata''==== | ====Status of Spectacled Petrel ''conspicillata''==== | ||
− | + | Recently, the SACC (2008) passed a proposal to seperate it as a full species, citing vocal differences noted by Ryan (1998). However, it is treated as a subspecies of ''aequinoctialis'' by most authorities (Clements 6th edition, 2007; Howard & Moore, 2003; Sibley & Monroe, 1996), and the Opus follows this consensus. | |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== |
Revision as of 20:20, 29 June 2008
- Procellaria aequinoctialis
Identification
There is a thread discussing the identification of White-chinned Petrel and confusion species.[[1]]
Distribution
Taxonomy
Status of Spectacled Petrel conspicillata
Recently, the SACC (2008) passed a proposal to seperate it as a full species, citing vocal differences noted by Ryan (1998). However, it is treated as a subspecies of aequinoctialis by most authorities (Clements 6th edition, 2007; Howard & Moore, 2003; Sibley & Monroe, 1996), and the Opus follows this consensus.