The yelkouan shearwater, Levantine shearwater or Mediterranean shearwater is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the Manx shearwater. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Acerbi, G 1827)
Reference:
Biblioteca Ital.
47 p.297
Protonym:
Procellaria Yelkouan
Type locality:
the Bosphorus, opposite Bujukdere.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8031140
Avibase ID:
192A426001F65C0E
Avibase ID:
avibase-192A4260
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/192A4260
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 562599
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Levantine or Balearic Shearwater ( Puffinus [yelkouan or mauretanicus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Levantine or Balearic Shearwater ( Puffinus [yelkouan or mauretanicus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Levantine or Balearic Shearwater ( Puffinus [yelkouan or mauretanicus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Levantine or Balearic Shearwater ( Puffinus [yelkouan or mauretanicus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Levantine or Balearic Shearwater ( Puffinus [yelkouan or mauretanicus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Levantine or Balearic Shearwater ( Puffinus [yelkouan or mauretanicus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Levantine or Balearic Shearwater ( Puffinus [yelkouan or mauretanicus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Levantine or Balearic Shearwater ( Puffinus [yelkouan or mauretanicus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Levantine or Balearic Shearwater ( Puffinus [yelkouan or mauretanicus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Levantine or Balearic Shearwater ( Puffinus [yelkouan or mauretanicus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Levantine or Balearic Shearwater ( Puffinus [yelkouan or mauretanicus]) |
Clements 4th edition: Yelkouan Shearwater ( Puffinus yelkouan) |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Mediterranean Shearwater ( Puffinus yelkouan) |
eBird version 1.50: Levantine/Balearic Shearwater ( Puffinus yelkouan/mauretanicus) |
eBird version 1.52: Levantine/Balearic Shearwater ( Puffinus yelkouan/mauretanicus) |
eBird version 1.53: Levantine/Balearic Shearwater ( Puffinus yelkouan/mauretanicus) |
eBird version 1.54: Levantine/Balearic Shearwater ( Puffinus yelkouan/mauretanicus) |
eBird version 1.55: Levantine/Balearic Shearwater ( Puffinus yelkouan/mauretanicus) |
eBird version 2015: Levantine/Balearic Shearwater ( Puffinus yelkouan/mauretanicus) |
eBird version 2016: Yelkouan/Balearic Shearwater ( Puffinus yelkouan/mauretanicus) |
eBird version 2017: Yelkouan/Balearic Shearwater ( Puffinus yelkouan/mauretanicus) |
eBird version 2018: Yelkouan/Balearic Shearwater ( Puffinus yelkouan/mauretanicus) |
eBird version 2019: Yelkouan/Balearic Shearwater ( Puffinus yelkouan/mauretanicus) |
eBird version 2021: Yelkouan/Balearic Shearwater ( Puffinus yelkouan/mauretanicus) |
eBird version 2022: Yelkouan/Balearic Shearwater ( Puffinus yelkouan/mauretanicus) |
eBird version 2023: Yelkouan/Balearic Shearwater ( Puffinus yelkouan/mauretanicus) |
eBird version 2024: Yelkouan/Balearic Shearwater ( Puffinus yelkouan/mauretanicus) |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Mediterranean Shearwater ( Puffinus yelkouan) [version 4] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Yelkouan Shearwater ( Puffinus yelkouan) [version 6] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Yelkouan Shearwater ( Puffinus yelkouan) [version 6] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Yelkouan Shearwater ( Puffinus yelkouan) [version 4] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Mediterranean Shearwater ( Puffinus yelkouan) [version 4] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Mediterranean Shearwater ( Puffinus yelkouan) [version 4] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species group (sometimes a species)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Puffinus [puffinus, yelkouan or mauretanicus]
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Other synonyms
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