Classification

Original description

Citation:
  (Brünnich, MT 1764)

Reference:
   Orn. Borealis

Protonym:
  Procellaria puffinus

Type locality:
  Faroes and Norway.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/265835#page/41/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  92BC267002D79D37

Avibase ID:
  avibase-92BC2670

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/92BC2670

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 174555

Geographic range:

• Puffinus puffinus: breeds islands of subarctic, temperate, and subtropical North Atlantic Ocean; non-breeders range to South Atlantic Ocean waters of Brazil and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego and southwestern Africa, mostly over continental shelves
• Puffinus puffinus puffinus: breeds North Atlantic; ranges to Argentina and southern African waters
• Puffinus puffinus canariensis: La Palma and Tenerife (Canary Islands)
• Puffinus yelkouan: breeds central and eastern Mediterranean islands
• Puffinus mauretanicus: breeds Balearic Islands; ranges to coastal northern Europe
• Puffinus auricularis: breeds Revillagigedo Islands (off western Mexico); disperses to 8°N
• Puffinus newelli: breeds main Hawaiian Islands (primarily Kauai, also Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii); nonbreeding in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean
• Puffinus myrtae: Rapa Island (Austral Islands)
• Puffinus opisthomelas: islands off western coast of Baja California; disperses adjacent Mexican waters
• Puffinus gavia: breeds islands off New Zealand; ranges to southeastern Australia and Vanuatu
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