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Levantine or Balearic Shearwater

Puffinus [yelkouan or mauretanicus] (= Puffinus yelkouan) (Acerbi, G 1827)

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




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Classification
Order:
  Procellariiformes
Family:
  Procellariidae
Genus:
   Puffinus
Scientific:
  Puffinus yelkouan


Original description

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 identifiers

Avibase ID:
  192A426001F65C0E

Avibase ID:
  avibase-192A4260

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/192A4260


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 562599

Geographic range:

  • Puffinus yelkouan: breeds central and eastern Mediterranean islands
  • Puffinus mauretanicus: breeds Balearic Islands; ranges to coastal northern Europe
English:
Levantine or Balearic Shearwater
Catalan:
Baldriga mediterrània/balear
Czech:
buřňák středomořský/baleárský
Danish:
Ægæer/Balearskråpe
German:
Mittelmeer-/Balearensturmtaucher
Spanish:
Pardela Mediterránea/Balear
Spanish (Spain):
Pardela mediterránea/balear
Finnish:
idänpikkuliitäjä
French:
Puffin yelkouan ou P. des Baléares
Hungarian:
Bukdosó/Baleár-szigeteki vészmadár
Icelandic:
Storm-/brúnskrofa
Italian:
Berta minore/balearica
Japanese (romaji):
chichuukaimizunagidori/yo-yoppamizunagidori
Japanese:
チチュウカイミズナギドリ/ヨーロッパミズナギドリ
Dutch:
Yelkouanpijlstormvogel/Vale Pijlstormvogel
Norwegian:
middelhavslire/balearlire
Polish:
burzyk śródziemnomorski/balearski
Portuguese (Portugal):
pardela-do-mediterrâneo/pardela-balear
Russian:
Левантский/Балеарский буревестник
Slovak:
víchrovník hnedastý/baleársky
Serbian:
Mali/balearski zovoj
Swedish:
medelhavslira/balearisk lira


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

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Afrikaans: Yelkouanse Pylstormvoël
Arabic: جلم ماء بحر الأبيض المتوسط/ بيلركي
Asturian: Pardiella mediterránea/balear
Bulgarian: Обикновен буревестник, Средиземноморски / Балеарски буревестник
Breton: An tort yelkovan
Catalan: Baldriga balear, Baldriga mediterrània, Baldriga mediterrània/balear, Virot de llevant
Catalan (Balears): Virot de llevant
Czech: buřňák středomořský, buřňák středomořský/baleárský
Welsh: Aderyn-drycin Môr y Canoldir
Danish: Ægæer/Balearskråpe, Ægæerskråpe, Middelhavsskråpe
German: Balearen Schwarzschnabel-Sturmtaucher, Balearische Unterart, Levantinischer Sturmtaucher, Mittelmeer-/Balearensturmtaucher, Mittelmeersturmtaucher, Mittelmeer-Sturmtaucher, Schwarzschnabelsturmtaucher
Greek: είδος μύχου, Μύχος, Μύχος (της Μεσογείου), Μύχος Μεσογείου/Βαλεαρίδων
Greek (Cypriot): Θαλασσόμυχος
English: Balearic Shearwater, Levantine or Balearic Shearwater, Levantine Shearwater, Levantine/Balearic Shearwater, Mediterranean Shearwater, Yelkouan Shearwater, Yelkouan/Balearic Shearwater
English, HBW: Yelkouan/Balearic Shearwater
English (IOC): Yelkouan/Balearic Shearwater
English (United States): Yelkouan/Balearic Shearwater
Esperanto: Mediteranea pufino
Spanish: Pardela Mediterránea, Pardela Mediterránea/Balear, Pardela pichoneta balear, Pardela Yelkouan
Spanish (Spain): Pardela Mediterránea/Balear
Spanish (HBW): Levantine/Balearic Shearwater
Estonian: vahemere tormilind
Basque: Baldriga mediterrània, Gabai mediterranearra, Gabai mediterraneoa/balearra
Finnish: Idänpikkuliitäjä, idänpikkuliitäjä/baleaarienliitäjä, levantinliitäjä
French: Puffin de la Méditerranée, Puffin de Méditerranée, Puffin des Baléares, Puffin méditerranéen, Puffin yelkouan, Puffin yelkouan ou P. des Baléares
Irish: Cánóg Bhailéarach
Galician: Baldriga mediterrània, Furabuchos mediterráneo, Furabuchos mediterráneo/balear
Hebrew: יסעור מצוי, יסעור מצוי/מערבי
Hungarian: bukdosó vészmadár, Bukdosó/Baleár-szigeteki vészmadár
Icelandic: Storm-/brúnskrofa, Stormskrofa
Italian: Berta minore, Berta minore mediterranea, Berta minore/balearica
Japanese (romaji): chichuukaimizunagidori/yo-yoppamizunagidori, himemizunagidori
Japanese: チチュウカイミズナギドリ/ヨーヨッパミズナギドリ, チチュウカイミズナギドリ/ヨーロッパミズナギドリ, ヒメミズナギドリ
Georgian: პატარა ქარიშხალა, ხმელთაშუაზღვის ქარიშხალა
Kazakh: Кіші дауылпаз
Scientific: Procellaria Yelkouan, Puffinus [yelkouan or mauretanicus], Puffinus mauretanicus, Puffinus puffinus mauretanicus, Puffinus yelcuanus, Puffinus yelkouan, Puffinus yelkouan yelkouan, Puffinus yelkouan/mauretanicus
Lithuanian: Jūrinis pufinas
Macedonian: Мал завој
Maltese: Garnija
Dutch: Noordse Pijlstormvogel, Vale Pijlstormvogel, Yelkouan Pijlstormvogel, Yelkouanpijlstormvogel, Yelkouanpijlstormvogel/Vale Pijlstormvogel
Norwegian: Middelhavslire, middelhavslire/balearlire
Polish: burzyk sródziemnomorski, burzyk śródziemnomorski, burzyk śródziemnomorski/balearski
Portuguese: Pardela do Mediterrâneo
Portuguese (Portugal): Fura-bucho-do-mediterrâneo/Fura-bucho-das-baleares, pardela-do-mediterrâneo/pardela-balear
Romansh: tempestella mediterrana
Romanian: Ielcovan estic
Russian: Левантский буревестник, Левантский/Балеарский буревестник, Обыкновенный буревестник, Средиземноморский буревестник
Slovak: víchrovník hnedastý, víchrovník hnedastý/baleársky
Slovenian: crnokljuni viharnik, sredozemski viharnik, Sredozemski/Balearski viharnik
Albanian: Lajmëtari i vogëli furtunës
Serbian: Mali/balearski zovoj, Зовој
Swedish: Levantlira, Medelhavslira, medelhavslira/balearisk lira
Turkish: Siyah-gagalı Yelkuvan, Yelkovan, Yelkovan/Balear yelkovanı
Ukrainian: Буревісник східний, Малий буревісник
Chinese: 地中海鹱
Chinese (Traditional): 黎凡替鸌

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