Galapagos Species Database
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Procellaria parkinsoni
Petrel Negro Parkinson, Parkinson´s Black Petrel
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Procellariidae
Genus
Procellaria
Species
parkinsoni
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: Last Observation in 2015 was in Isabela Island (Punta Vicente Roca) by J. Márquez.
- 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.
- Márquez, J. (2015) Parkinson’s Petrel, Procellaria parkinsoni. Obs. Per.
- Meek, E.R. (2006) A party of Parkinson’s Black Petrels Procellaria parkinsoni between Floreana and Isabela; the second occurrence in Galapagos waters. pers. com.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Procellaria parkinsoni", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5161. Accessed 31 October 2026.