Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Puffinus [puffinus, yelkouan, mauretanicus, opisthomelas, auricularis, newelli or gavia] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other related concepts

• Puffinus [gavia or opisthomelas] (taxon group)
• Puffinus [huttoni or gavia] (taxon group)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Catalan: Baldriga de Forster
Czech: Burnák trepetavý , buřňák třepetavý
Danish: Skærskråpe
German: Flattersturmtaucher
English: Brown-beaked Shearwater, Fluttering Shearwater, Forster's Shearwater, Pakaha
English, HBW: Fluttering Shearwater
English (IOC): Fluttering Shearwater
English (United States): Fluttering Shearwater
Esperanto: brundorsa pufino
Spanish: Pardela Gavia
Spanish (Spain): Pardela Gavia
Spanish (HBW): Fluttering Shearwater
Estonian: rand-tormilind
Finnish: Uudenseelanninliitäjä
French: Puffin volage, Puffin voleté
Croatian: priobalni zovoj
Icelandic: Brimskrofa
Italian: Berta frullina, Berta gavia, Berta vagabonda, ondeggiante
Japanese (romaji): minamimizunagidori
Japanese: ミナミミズナギドリ
Scientific: Cinathisma cyaneoleuca, Procellaria gavia, Puffinus gavia, Puffinus gavia gavia, Puffinus reinholdi, Puffinus reinholdi reinholdi, Reinholdia reinholdi byroni, Reinholdia reinholdi melanotis, Reinholdia reinholdi montaguei
Lithuanian: Drugelinė audronaša
Maori: pakaha, pakahā
Dutch: Vlinderpijlstormvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Flagrelire
Norwegian: Flagrelire
Polish: burzyk nowozelandzki
Portuguese: Bobo-agitado
Portuguese (Portugal): pardela-agitada
Russian: Буроспинный буревестник
Slovak: víchrovník trepotavý
Serbian: Novozelandski zovoj
Swedish: Nya Zeelandlira, nyazeelandlira
Turkish: Dalgıç yelkovan, Dalgıç Yelkovanı
Ukrainian: Буревісник австралійський
Chinese: 棕嘴鹱
Chinese (Traditional): 鼓翼鸌