Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Puffinus [yelkouan or mauretanicus] (sensu lato) by some authors

Your sightings

Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Baleariese Pylstormvoël
Arabic: جلم ماء بيلركي
Asturian: Pardiella balear
Belarusian: Балеарскі буравеснік
Bulgarian: Балеарски буревестник
Breton: Tort gell
Catalan: Baldriga balear, Virot petit
Catalan (Balears): Virot petit
Montenegrin: balearski zovoj, балеарски зовој
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): балеарски зовој
Czech: buřňák baleárský
Welsh: Aderyn drycin Balearig, Aderyn-Drycin Mor y Canoldir, Aderyn-drycin y Baleares
Danish: Balearskråpe
German: Balearen Schwarzschnabel-Sturmtaucher, Balearensturmtaucher, Kanarischer-Sturmtaucher, Mauretanischer Sturmtaucher, Schwarzschnabelsturmtaucher-mauretanicus
Greek: Μύχος των Βαλεαρίδων
English: Balearic Mediterranean Shearwater, Balearic Shearwater, Canary Islands Shearwater, Mediterranean shearwater
English, HBW: Balearic Shearwater
English (IOC): Balearic Shearwater
English (United States): Balearic Shearwater
Esperanto: Baleara pufino
Spanish: Pardela Balear, Pardela pichoneta balear
Spanish (Spain): Pardela Balear
Spanish (HBW): Pardela balear
Estonian: baleaari tormilind
Basque: Baldriga balear, Gabai, Gabai balearra, Gabai mediterraneo
Finnish: Baleaarienliitäjä
French: Puffin des Baléares
Frisian: Feale mok
Irish: Cánóg Bhailéarach
Galician: Baldriga balear, Furabuchos balear, Furabuchos das Baleares, pardela balear
Hebrew: יסעור בלרי, יסעור מערבי
Croatian: Balearska gregula, Balearski zovoj
Hungarian: baleári vészmadár, Baleár-szigeteki vészmadár
Icelandic: Brúnskorfa, Brúnskrofa
Italian: Berta balearica, Berta delle Baleari, Berta minore delle Baleari
Japanese (romaji): yoayoppamizunagidori, yo-yoppamizunagidori
Japanese: ヨアヨッパミズナギドリ, ヨーヨッパミズナギドリ, ヨーロッパミズナギドリ
Kirghiz: Балеар бороончусу
Scientific: Puffinus mauretanicus, Puffinus puffinus mauretanicus, Puffinus yelkouan mauretanicus
Lithuanian: Balearinė audronaša, Balearinė audronaša
Latvian: Baleāru vētrasputns
Macedonian: Балеарски водопарач
Maltese: Garnija tal-Baleariku
Dutch: Vale Pijlstormvogel, Westmediterrane vale pijlstormvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Balearlire
Norwegian: Balearlire
Polish: burzyk balearski
Portuguese: Fura-bucho, Pardela do Mediterrâneo, Pardela-sombria
Portuguese (Portugal): Fura-bucho-das-baleares, pardela-balear
Rhaeto-Romance: Tempestella da las Balearas
Romanian: Ielcovan balear
Russian: Балеарский буревестник, Балеарский Буревестник, Буревестник балеарский, Обыкновенный буревестник
Northern Sami: Balearasaddi, Baleárasaddi
Slovak: víchrovník baleársky
Slovenian: balearski viharnik
Albanian: Lajmëtari i baleareve
Serbian: Balearski zovoj, Балеарски зовој
Swedish: Balearisk lira, Balearlira
Turkish: Balear Yelkovanı
Ukrainian: буревісник балеарський
Chinese: 巴利阿里鹱
Chinese (Traditional): 巴里亞利克鸌