The little shearwater is a small shearwater in the petrel family Procellariidae. Despite the generic name, it is unrelated to the puffins, which are auks, the only similarity being that they are both burrow-nesting seabirds. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Gould, 1838
Reference:
Syn.BirdsAustr. p.7
Protonym:
Puffinus assimilis
Avibase ID:
797B4FA77E74254B
Avibase ID:
avibase-797B4FA7
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/797B4FA7
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174559
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Little or Subantarctic Shearwater ( Puffinus [assimilis or elegans]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 2] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 2] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 2] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 2] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 2] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 2] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Little or Subantarctic Shearwater ( Puffinus [assimilis or elegans]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Little or Subantarctic Shearwater ( Puffinus [assimilis or elegans]) |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Petit Puffin ( Puffinus assimilis) |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 2] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 2] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 2] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 2] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 2] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 2] |
Clements, version 2015: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 2] |
Clements, version 2016: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 2] |
Clements, version 2017: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 2] |
Clements, version 2018: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 2] |
eBird version 1.50: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 2] |
eBird version 1.52: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 2] |
eBird version 1.53: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 2] |
eBird version 1.54: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 2] |
eBird version 1.55: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 2] |
eBird version 2015: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 2] |
eBird version 2016: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 2] |
eBird version 2017: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 2] |
eBird version 2018: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 2] |
eBird version 2019: Little/Subantarctic Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis/elegans) |
eBird version 2021: Little/Subantarctic Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis/elegans) |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 6] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 6] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Puffinus assimilis |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species group (sometimes a species)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Puffinus [assimilis, elegans, boydi or baroli]
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