Bulwer's Petrel

It is a very long-winged petrel, 25–29 cm long with a 78–90 cm wingspan, with mainly brown plumage and a long pointed tail (Wikipedia, general species account). It is named after the English naturalist James Bulwer. The species was formally described in 1828 by the naturalists Jardine and Selby who coined the binomial name Procellaria bulwerii. The species is now placed in the genus Bulweria that was introduced in 1843 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. (Wikipedia, general species account).

Bulwer's petrel is a small petrel in the family Procellariidae found in tropical and subtropical regions of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, named after the English naturalist James Bulwer. The species (Bulweria bulwerii) is a small petrel in the family Procellariidae that is found in tropical and subtropical regions of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. The specific epithet was chosen to acknowledge the artist and naturalist James Bulwer who had collected the type specimen on the island of Madeira. (Wikipedia, general species account).