Bulweria bifax

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

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Extinct     ver 3.1
Year Published:	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.
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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.

Bibliography [top]

Olson, S. L. 1975. Paleornithology of St Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 23: 1-49.