Classification

Original description

Citation:
  (Brünnich, MT 1764)

Reference:
   Orn. Borealis

Protonym:
  Procellaria puffinus

Type locality:
  Faroes and Norway.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/265835#page/41/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  0007EDFBB9AEA1F6

Avibase ID:
  avibase-0007EDFB

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/0007EDFB

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 174555

Geographic range:

• Puffinus puffinus: breeds islands of subarctic, temperate, and subtropical North Atlantic Ocean; non-breeders range to South Atlantic Ocean waters of Brazil and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego and southwestern Africa, mostly over continental shelves
• Puffinus puffinus puffinus: breeds North Atlantic; ranges to Argentina and southern African waters
• Puffinus puffinus canariensis: La Palma and Tenerife (Canary Islands)
• Puffinus yelkouan: breeds central and eastern Mediterranean islands
• Puffinus mauretanicus: breeds Balearic Islands; ranges to coastal northern Europe
• Puffinus auricularis: breeds Revillagigedo Islands (off western Mexico); disperses to 8°N
• Puffinus newelli: breeds main Hawaiian Islands (primarily Kauai, also Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii); nonbreeding in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean
• Puffinus myrtae: Rapa Island (Austral Islands)
• Puffinus opisthomelas: islands off western coast of Baja California; disperses adjacent Mexican waters
• Puffinus gavia: breeds islands off New Zealand; ranges to southeastern Australia and Vanuatu
• Puffinus lherminieri: breeds Elbow Cay (east of central Abaco, northern Bahamas), Long Cay (Exumas, east-central Bahamas), off northern Cuba, east of Puerto Rico, and the Lesser Antilles (Caribbean Sea); Crab Cay (Providencia Islands, east of Nicaragua); Tiger Cay (Bocos del Toro Archipelago, Caribbean northwestern Panama); islas Los Roques, Orchila, and Los Hermanos (north of central Venezuela); and islets of Fernando de Noronha (east of northern Brazil); non-breeders range to Gulf Stream north to New England (western North Atlantic) and Gulf of Mexico
• Puffinus lherminieri lherminieri: breeds West Indies; formerly Bermuda
• Puffinus lherminieri loyemilleri: islets in southwestern Caribbean
• Puffinus bailloni: breeds tropical Indian Ocean in Malagasy region and tropical Pacific Ocean from Vanuatu through Marquesas, and Gambier and Austral islands (eastern Polynesia)
• Puffinus bailloni bailloni: Mascarene Islands
• Puffinus bailloni [dichrous or polynesiae]: islands throughout central Pacific (Samoa to Marquesas Islands)
• Puffinus bailloni [nicolae or colstoni]: northwestern Indian Ocean (Aldabra to Seychelles and Maldives)
• Puffinus bailloni gunax: breeds Banks Islands (northern Vanuatu)
• Puffinus subalaris: breeds Galapagos
• Puffinus assimilis: south-central Indian Ocean, islets off southwestern and southern Australia, and outlying islands of New Zealand
• Puffinus assimilis assimilis: Norfolk and Lord Howe islands
• Puffinus assimilis tunneyi: islands off southwestern Australia (Abrolhos Islands to Récherche Archipelago)
• Puffinus assimilis kermadecensis: Kermadec Islands
• Puffinus assimilis haurakiensis: islets off northeastern coast of North Island (New Zealand)
• Puffinus elegans: Tristan da Cunha, Gough, Chatham, and Antipodes islands
• Puffinus baroli: Azores, Desertas, Salvage, and Canary islands
• Puffinus boydi: Cape Verde Islands
• Puffinus persicus: breeds Khuriya Muriya Islands (south of Oman), Socotra, and Moheli (=Mwali, Comoros); non-breeders range Arabian Sea to Persian Gulf, Gulf of Aden, Red Sea, Comoros (southwestern Indian Ocean), and western coast of India
• Puffinus persicus persicus: breeds and ranges Arabian Sea and adjacent waters
• Puffinus persicus temptator: Mohéli Island (Comoros)
• Puffinus bannermani: breeds Bonin and Volcano islands (off Japan)
• Puffinus heinrothi: presumably breeds montane Bougainville, Kolombangara, and Rendova (northern and west-central Solomon Islands); non-breeders range to Flores, Molucca seas, and Bismarck Archipelago
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