Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Ardenna pacifica
Pardela Colicuña, Pardela del Pacífico, Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Procellariidae
Genus
Ardenna
Species
pacifica
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Puffinus pacificus Gmelin, 1789
Origin: Vagrant
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Harris, M.P. (1973) The Galápagos avifauna. Condor 75(3): 265-278.
- IUCN (2015) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2015.
- Lévêque, R. Bowman, R.I. & Billeb, S.L.. (1966) Migrants in the Galapagos area. Condor 68(1): 81-101.
- Remsen, J.V. Areta, J.I.Jr., Cadena, C. D., Jaramillo, A., Nores, M., Pacheco, J. F., Pérez-Emán, J., Robbins, M. B., Stiles, F. G., Stotz, D. F., and Zimmer, K. J. (2015) A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithologists' Union http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Ardenna pacifica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18495. Accessed 31 October 2026.