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Bulweria bifax  Olson, 1975
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1255057

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Olson's Petrel [English]
  
    Pétrel d'Olson [French]
  
    alma-negra-de-santa-helena [Portuguese]
  
    Petrel de Santa Helena Menor [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderProcellariiformes  – petrels, tubenoses, albatros, tubinares, pétrels  
                            FamilyProcellariidae Leach, 1820 – fulmars, pétrels, Fulmars, Petrels, Shearwaters  
                               GenusBulweria Bonaparte, 1843 – Bulwer's Petrels  
                                  SpeciesBulweria bifax Olson, 1975 – Olson's Petrel, Pétrel d'Olson, alma-negra-de-santa-helena, Petrel de Santa Helena Menor  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert:    
  Notes:    
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  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 Feb 2025].   
  Reference for: Bulweria bifax, Olson's Petrel [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Olson, Storrs L.  
  Publication Date: 1975   
  Article/Chapter Title: Paleornithology of St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, vol. 23   
  Page(s): iv + 49   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: doi: 10.5479/si.00810266.23.1   
  Reference for: original description   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Extinct  
 

 

    

 
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