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Saint Helena petrel
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Procellariiformes
Family:	Procellariidae
Genus:	Pseudobulweria
Species:	†P. rupinarum
Binomial name
†Pseudobulweria rupinarum (Olson, 1975)

The Saint Helena petrel (Pseudobulweria rupinarum), also known as the Saint Helena gadfly petrel or large Saint Helena petrel, is an extinct species of seabird in the family Procellariidae. It was endemic to the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. It most likely became extinct after overpredation by people, soon after the island's discovery in 1502. DNA results place it within the group of Atlantic Pterodroma species.

External links

• BirdLife species factsheet
• Pterodroma rupinarum
• DNA analysis

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• IUCN Red List extinct species
• Pterodroma
• Birds of Saint Helena Island
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• Bird extinctions since 1500
• Birds described in 1975
• Taxa named by Storrs L. Olson
• Endemic birds of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
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