Bulweria bifax

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	PROCELLARIIFORMES	PROCELLARIIDAE

Scientific Name:

Bulweria bifax

Species Authority:

Olson, 1975

Common Name/s:

English

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Small St Helena Petrel, St. Helena Bulwer's Petrel

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s:

BirdLife International

Reviewer/s:

Bird, J., Butchart, S.

History:

2004	–	Extinct
2000	–	Extinct
1994	–	Extinct
1988	–	Extinct

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Bulweria bifax was a large petrel, known only from fossils and endemic to St Helena (to UK)¹. It probably became extinct shortly after the discovery of the island in 1502¹.

Range Description:

Bulweria bifax was a large petrel, known only from fossils and endemic to St Helena (to UK)¹. It probably became extinct shortly after the discovery of the island in 1502¹.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It may have bred throughout the island and foraged over the open ocean.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Predation by people and introduced predators is likely to have driven it to extinction.

Major Threat(s):

Predation by people and introduced predators is likely to have driven it to extinction.

Citation:	BirdLife International 2008. Bulweria bifax. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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