Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pterodroma leucoptera
Petrel de Gould, White winged (Gould´s) Petrel
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Procellariidae
Genus
Pterodroma
Species
leucoptera
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Pterodroma leucoptera brevipes (Peale, 1848) (GBIF Secretariat, 2021)
Origin: Native
Distribution: Paul Greenfield (personal communication) saw a bird possibly of this species between Española and San Cristóbal
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- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Pterodroma leucoptera", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5165. Accessed 31 October 2026.