Blue Petrel

SCI Name:  Halobaena caerulea
Protonym:  Procellaria caerulea Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.560
Taxonomy:  Procellariiformes / Procellariidae / Halobaena
Taxonomy Code:  blupet1
Type Locality:  Southern Ocean.
Author:  Gmelin, JF
Publish Year:  1789
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

HALOBAENA
(Procellariidae; Ϯ Blue Petrel H. caerulea) Gr. ἁλς hals, ἁλος halos  sea; βαινω bainō  to walk; the Blue Petrel feeds by surface-dipping and -seizing; "K. PRIONEÆ.  ...  *13. Halobæna, Is. Geoffr.   47. cærulea, Gm. (similis, Forst.  forsteri, Smith.)   48. typica, Bp." (Bonaparte 1856); "Halobaena, Is. Geoffr. 1836. (Prion, Gr. et Reich.)  Rostrum breve, parum aduncum, vix basi dilatatum, apice compressum; pedes parvuli.  Mar. antarct.  2." (Bonaparte 1857); "Halobæna Bonaparte, Comp. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 42, 1856, p. 768. Type, by monotypy, Procellaria cærulea Gmelin, 1789. (The other included species, H. typica, is a nomen nudum at that point.)" (Peters, 1931, I, p. 47). 
Synon. Zaprium.

caerulea
L. caeruleus  blue, azure-blue, sky-blue, dark-blue (can also mean dark, dark green, or black) (see also caeruleus).
● ex “Cotinga” of Brisson 1760, and “Cotinga du Brésil” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Cotinga cotinga).
● ex “Coucou bleu de Madagascar” of Brisson 1760 (Coua).
● "76. ARDEA.  ...  cærulea.  13. A. occipite cristato, corpore cæruleo.  Ardea major grisea cristata, capite nigro, vertice & ciliis albicantibus. Brown. jam. 478.  Ardea cærulea. Catesb. car. 1. p. 76. t. 76. Alb. av. 3. p. 74. t. 79. Sloan. jam. 2. p. 314. t. 264. f. 5. Raj. av. 189.  Habitat in America septentrionali." (Linnaeus 1758) (Egretta).
● ex “Other Blue Peteril” of Cook 1777, and “Blue Petrel” of J. R.. Forster 1777, and Latham 1785 (Halobaena).
● ex “Gobe-mouche bleu des Philippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 666, fig. 1, “Petit azur” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Azure Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Hypothymis azurea).
● "97. LOXIA.  ...  cærulea.  L. cærulea, alis fuscis fascia baseos purpurea.  Coccothraustes cærulea. Catesb. car. 1. p. 39. t. 39.  Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Passerina).
● ex “Moineau bleu de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 203, fig. 2, “Passe-bleu” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Blue Tanager” of Latham 1783 (syn. Passerina cyanea).
● ex “Bruant bleu de Canada” of Brisson 1760 (?syn. Passerina cyanea).
● ex “Little Blue-grey Fly-catcher” of Edwards 1760, and “Figuier cendré de Pensilvanie” of Brisson 1760 (Polioptila).