Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (52)
- Monotypic
Carles Carboneras, Francesc Jutglar, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.1 — Published November 12, 2024
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Grootpylstormvoël |
| Arabic | جلم الماء كبير |
| Asturian | Pardiella capelluda |
| Basque | Gabai handia |
| Bulgarian | Голям буревестник |
| Catalan | baldriga capnegra |
| Croatian | crnokapi zovoj |
| Czech | buřňák velký |
| Danish | Storskråpe |
| Dutch | Grote pijlstormvogel |
| English | Great Shearwater |
| English (United States) | Great Shearwater |
| Estonian | mustkõht-tormilind |
| Faroese | Stórskrápur |
| Finnish | isoliitäjä |
| French | Puffin majeur |
| French (Canada) | Puffin majeur |
| Galician | Pardela encapuchada |
| German | Kappensturmtaucher |
| Greek | Καπελόμυχος |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Gwo Cahen |
| Hebrew | יסעור שחור-כיפה |
| Hungarian | Nagy vészmadár |
| Icelandic | Hettuskrofa |
| Italian | Berta dell'Atlantico |
| Japanese | ズグロミズナギドリ |
| Lithuanian | Didžioji audronaša |
| Norwegian | storlire |
| Polish | burzyk wielki |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Pardela-de-barrete |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pardela-de-barrete |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pardela-de-barrete |
| Romanian | Ielcovan mare |
| Russian | Пестробрюхий буревестник |
| Serbian | Veliki zovoj |
| Slovak | víchrovník atlantický |
| Slovenian | Veliki viharnik |
| Spanish | Pardela Capirotada |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Pardela Cabeza Negra |
| Spanish (Chile) | Fardela capirotada |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Pardela Mayor |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Pardela Capirotada |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Pardela Mayor |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Pardela Mayor |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Pampero Capirotado |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pardela capirotada |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Pardela Cabeza Negra |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Petrel Cauicho |
| Swedish | större lira |
| Turkish | Büyük Yelkovan |
| Ukrainian | Буревісник великий |
| Zulu | isikamanzelikhulu |
Revision Notes
Vicente Pantoja updated this version of the account by including all the information present in the journals "Boletín informativo CIPA", "Boletín Chileno de Ornitología", "Revista Chilena de Ornitología" and "La Chiricoca" as part of a partnership with Red de Observadores de Aves y Vida Silvestre de Chile (ROC).
Ardenna gravis (O'Reilly, 1818)
PROTONYM:
Procellaria Gravis
O'Reilly, 1818. Greenland, the adjacent seas, and the North-west Passage to the Pacific Ocean, illustrated in a voyage to Davis's Strait, during the summer of 1817, p.140 pl.12 fig.1.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cape Farewell and Staten Hook to Newfoundland.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- ARDENNA
- gravis
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UPPERCASE: current genus
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● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
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Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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