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Gould's Petrel
Pterodroma leucoptera (Gould, J 1844)
Gould's petrel is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae. The common name commemorates the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould (1804-1881). Source: Wikipedia
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Procellariiformes
Family:
Procellariidae
Genus:
Pterodroma
Scientific:
Pterodroma leucoptera
Classification
Order:Procellariiformes
Family:
Procellariidae
Genus:
Pterodroma
Scientific:
Pterodroma leucoptera
Original description
Citation:
(Gould, J 1844)
Reference:
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.
ser.1, vol.13, no.85 p.364
Protonym:
Procellaria leucoptera
Type locality:
Cabbage Tree Island, Port Stephens, New South Wales.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19482#page/394/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
A27F9AF63B250F19
Avibase ID:
avibase-A27F9AF6
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/A27F9AF6
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174588
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English:
Gould's Petrel
Afrikaans:
Witvlerkstormvoël
Azerbaijani:
Ağqanad fırtınaquşu
Bulgarian:
Белокрил тайфунник
Bengali:
ধরাাি হমট্রর
Catalan:
Petrell de Gould
Czech:
buřňák černohlavý
Danish:
Båndpetrel
German:
Weißflügel-Sturmvogel
Greek:
Θυελλoπoύλι τoυ Gould
Esperanto:
blankflugila petrelo
Spanish:
Petrel aliblanco
Spanish (Spain):
Petrel Aliblanco
Estonian:
melaneesia tormilind
Basque:
Petrel hegalzuri
Finnish:
uudenkaledonianviistäjä
French:
Pétrel de Gould
Croatian:
bjelokrili zovoj
Hungarian:
Gould-viharmadár
Icelandic:
Drafnardrúði
Italian:
Petrello di Gould
Japanese (romaji):
minamishiroharamizunagidori
Japanese:
ミナミシロハラミズナギドリ
Lithuanian:
Baltasparnis audrašauklis
Latvian:
Gulda vētrasputns
Dutch:
Goulds Stormvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Sotkragepetrell
Norwegian:
Sotkragepetrell
Polish:
petrel białolicy
Portuguese:
Freira-de-garganta-branca
Portuguese (Portugal):
freira-de-garganta-branca
Romanian:
Petrel gulerat
Russian:
Белокрылый тайфунник
Slovak:
tajfúnnik bielokrídly
Slovenian:
pasasti švigavec
Serbian:
Guldova burnica
Swedish:
vitvingad petrell
Turkish:
ak kanatlı fırtınakuşu
Ukrainian:
Тайфунник білолобий
Chinese:
白翅圆尾鹱
Chinese (Traditional):
厚嘴圓尾鸌
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Avilist 2025: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): White-winged Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): White-winged Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): White-winged Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): White-winged Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): White-winged Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): White-winged Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): White-winged Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): White-winged Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): White-winged Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): White-winged Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): White-winged Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): White-winged Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): White-winged Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): White-winged Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) |
| Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Pétrel de Gould ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: White-winged Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: White-winged Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: White-winged Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): White-winged Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): White-winged Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): White-winged Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): White-winged Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): White-winged Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Pterodroma leucoptera leucoptera [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Pterodroma leucoptera leucoptera [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: White-winged Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) |
| South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) |
| South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) |
| South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) |
| South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) |
| South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) |
| South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) |
| South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) |
| South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) |
| South American Classification Committee (31/07/2025): Gould's Petrel ( Pterodroma leucoptera) |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Pterodroma leucoptera [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Pterodroma [leucoptera or brevipes]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Bulgarian: Белокрил тайфунник
Bengali: ধরাাি হমট্রর
Bengali (transliteration): dhalāpākha pēṭrēla*
Catalan: Petrell de Gould
Czech: Burnák belokrídlý, buřňák černohlavý
Welsh: Pedryn Gould
Danish: Båndpetrel, Goulds Petrel
German: Brustband-Sturmvogel, Weissflügel-Sturmvogel
Greek: Θυελλoπoύλι τoυ Gould
English: Collared Petrel, Gould's Gadfly Petrel, Gould's Petrel, Sooty-capped Petrel, White-throated Petrel, White-winged Petrel
English, HBW: White-winged Petrel
English (IOC): Gould's Petrel
English (United States): Gould's Petrel
Esperanto: Blankaflugila petrelo, Blankflugila petrelo
Spanish: Fardela Gris, Petrel aliblanco, Petrel de Gould
Spanish (Chile): Petrel de Gould
Spanish (Ecuador): Petrel de Gould
Spanish (Spain): Petrel Aliblanco
Spanish (HBW): Gould's Petrel
Estonian: melaneesia tormilind
Basque: Petrel hegalzuri
Finnish: Melanesianviistäjä, uudenkaledonianviistäjä
French: Diablotin à ailes blanches, Diablotin de Gould, Pétrel à ailes blanches, Pétrel de Gould
Frisian: Wytwjokstoarmfûgel
Irish: Peitreal muinceach
Galician: Freira de Gould
Croatian: bjelokrili zovoj, Bjelorili zovoj
Hungarian: Gould-viharmadár
Icelandic: Drafnardrúði
Italian: Petrello alibianche, Petrello dalle ali bianche, Petrello di Gould
Japanese (romaji): minamishiroharamizunagidori
Japanese: ミナミシロハラミズナギドリ, ミナミシロハラミヅナギドリ
Scientific: Cookilaria cookii byroni, Procellaria leucoptera, Pterodroma leucoptera, Pterodroma leucoptera leucoptera
Lithuanian: Baltasparnis audrašauklis
Latvian: Gulda vētrasputns
Macedonian: Белокрил буревесник
Dutch: Goulds Stormvogel, Gouldstormvogel, Gould-stormvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Sotkragepetrell
Norwegian: Sotkragepetrell
Polish: petrel bialolicy, petrel białolicy
Portuguese: Freira-de-garganta-branca
Portuguese (Portugal): freira-de-garganta-branca
Rhaeto-Romance: Pitrel da l’ala alva
Romanian: Petrel gulerat
Russian: Белокрылый тайфунник, Белолобый тайфунник, Тайфунник Голда
Northern Sami: Gožučeabestoarbmaloddi
Slovak: tajfúnnik bielokrídly
Slovenian: pasasti švigavec
Samoan: ta'i'o
Serbian: Guldova burnica
Swedish: Gouldpetrell, Goulds petrell, vitvingad petrell
Turkish: ak kanatlı fırtınakuşu, Ak-kanatlı Fırtınakuşu
Ukrainian: Тайфунник білолобий
Chinese: 白翅圆尾鹱
Chinese (Traditional): 厚嘴圓尾鸌
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