Subantarctic Shearwater Puffinus elegans Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (27)
- Monotypic
Guy M. Kirwan, Josep del Hoyo, and Nigel Collar
Version: 1.1 — Published November 19, 2024
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Sub-antarktiese Pylstormvoël |
| Bulgarian | Субантарктически буревестник |
| Catalan | baldriga subantàrtica |
| Croatian | južni zovoj |
| Czech | buřňák subantarktický |
| Dutch | Subantarctische kleine pijlstormvogel |
| English | Subantarctic Shearwater |
| English (New Zealand) | Subantarctic Little Shearwater |
| English (United States) | Subantarctic Shearwater |
| French | Puffin élégant |
| French (Canada) | Puffin élégant |
| German | Subantarktis-Sturmtaucher |
| Japanese | アナンキョクヒメミズナギドリ |
| Norwegian | sørhavslire |
| Polish | burzyk ciemnolicy |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pardela-pequena |
| Russian | Субантарктический буревестник |
| Serbian | Subantarktički mali zovoj |
| Slovak | víchrovník pôvabný |
| Spanish | Pardela Subantártica |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Pardela Subantártica |
| Spanish (Chile) | Fardela chica |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pardela subantártica |
| Swedish | subantarktisk lira |
| Turkish | Subantartik Yelkovan |
| Ukrainian | Буревісник-крихітка тристанський |
| Zulu | isikamanzelibusobumnyama |
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).
Puffinus elegans Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869
PROTONYM:
Puffinus elegans
Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869. Ibis, p.68.
TYPE LOCALITY:
South Atlantic Ocean, lat. 43° 54' S.; long. 9° 20' E.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- PUFFINUS
- puffinus
- elegans
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Little Shearwater (Subantarctic)
