Jouanin's petrel

Jouanin's petrel
Off the east coast of India
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Genus: Bulweria
Species: B. fallax
Binomial name
Bulweria fallax
Jouanin, 1955

The Jouanin's petrel (Bulweria fallax) is a species of seabird in the Procellariidae family.

It is found in Djibouti, Indonesia, Pakistan, Kenya, Maldives, Mozambique, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Somalia, and Yemen.

Its natural habitats are open seas and shallow seas. It has been recorded breeding on Socotra.

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