Puffinus [puffinus, yelkouan, mauretanicus, opisthomelas, auricularis or newelli] (Manx or Townsend's Shearwater)

Manx or Townsend's Shearwater

Puffinus [puffinus, yelkouan, mauretanicus, opisthomelas, auricularis or newelli] (= Puffinus puffinus) (Brünnich, MT 1764)

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Classification

Order:
  Procellariiformes
Family:
  Procellariidae
Genus:
   Puffinus
Scientific:
  Puffinus puffinus

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:
CC633B6913E0AD75

Avibase ID:
avibase-CC633B69

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/CC633B69

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
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Manx or Townsend's Shearwater
French:
Puffin des Anglais ou P. de Townsend

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Manx or Townsend's Shearwater ( Puffinus [puffinus, yelkouan, mauretanicus, opisthomelas, auricularis or newelli])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Manx or Townsend's Shearwater ( Puffinus [puffinus, yelkouan, mauretanicus, opisthomelas, auricularis or newelli])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Manx or Townsend's Shearwater ( Puffinus [puffinus, yelkouan, mauretanicus, opisthomelas, auricularis or newelli])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Manx or Townsend's Shearwater ( Puffinus [puffinus or auricularis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Manx or Townsend's Shearwater ( Puffinus [puffinus, yelkouan, mauretanicus, opisthomelas, auricularis or newelli])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Manx or Townsend's Shearwater ( Puffinus [puffinus, yelkouan, mauretanicus, opisthomelas, auricularis or newelli])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Manx or Townsend's Shearwater ( Puffinus [puffinus, yelkouan, mauretanicus, opisthomelas, auricularis or newelli])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Manx or Townsend's Shearwater ( Puffinus [puffinus, yelkouan, mauretanicus, opisthomelas, auricularis or newelli])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Manx or Townsend's Shearwater ( Puffinus [puffinus, yelkouan, mauretanicus, opisthomelas, auricularis or newelli])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Manx or Townsend's Shearwater ( Puffinus [puffinus, yelkouan, mauretanicus, opisthomelas, auricularis or newelli])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Manx or Townsend's Shearwater ( Puffinus [puffinus, yelkouan, mauretanicus, opisthomelas, auricularis or newelli])
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Puffinus puffinus
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Puffinus puffinus

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Puffinus [puffinus, yelkouan, mauretanicus, opisthomelas, auricularis, newelli or gavia]

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Swartbekpylstormvoël
Asturian: Pardiella
Bulgarian: Обикновен буревестник
Breton: An tort boutin
Catalan: Baldriga balear, Baldriga pufí
Czech: Burnák ouškatý, buřňák severní
Welsh: Aderyn-drycin Manaw, Gwylan Manaw, Pâl Manaw, Pwffin Manaw
Danish: Almindelig Skråpe, Mexicoskråpe
German: Schwarzschnabel- Sturmtaucher, Schwarzschnabelsturmtaucher, Schwarzschnabel-Sturmtaucher
Greek: Μύχος
English: Manx or Townsend's Shearwater, Manx Shearwater
Esperanto: Pufino
Spanish: Fardela atlántica, Pardela boreal, pardela de Revillagigedo, Pardela Pichoneta, Petrel Boreal
Spanish (Argentine): Pardela boreal
Spanish (Chile): Fardela atlántica
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Pardela Pichoneta
Spanish (Mexico): pardela de Revillagigedo
Spanish (Uruguay): Pardela Boreal, Petrel Boreal
Estonian: Põhja-tormilind, valgelaik-tormilind
Basque: Baldriga pufí, Gabai arrunta
Finnish: Pikkuliitäjä
Faroese: Hinhalli, Skrápur
French: Puffin des Anglais, Puffin des Anglais ou P. de Townsend
Irish: Cánóg Dhubh
Gaelic: Fachadh Ban, Sgrab
Galician: Baldriga pufí, Furabuchos atlántico
Manx: Scraayl
Haitian Creole French: Cahen zangle
Hebrew: יסעור מצוי
Hungarian: Bukdosó vészmadár
Icelandic: Skrofa
Italian: Berta minore
Japanese (romaji): ooseguromizunagidori
Japanese: オオセグロミズナギドリ
Georgian: პატარა ქარიშხალა
Kazakh: Кіші дауылпаз
Cornish: Scudhen
Scientific: Procellaria puffinus, Puffinus [puffinus or auricularis], Puffinus [puffinus, yelkouan, mauretanicus, opisthomelas, auricularis or newelli], Puffinus [puffinus, yelkouan, opisthomelas or auricularis], Puffinus puffinus
Lithuanian: Juodasnapis pufinas
Macedonian: Мал завој
Maltese: Garnija
Dutch: Noordse Pijlstormvogel
Norwegian: Havlire
Polish: burzyk pólnocny, burzyk północny, Burzyk popielaty
Portuguese: bobo, bobo-pequeno, corva, fura-bucho, pardela, pardela sombria, pardela-sombria
Portuguese (Brazil): bobo, bobo-pequeno, corva, fura-bucho, pardela, pardela-sombria
Romansh: tempestella dal bec nair
Russian: Буревестник малый, Малый буревестник, Обыкновенный Буревестник, питон, Средиземноморский буревестник
Northern Sami: Áhpeliira
Slovak: Vâchrovnâk malý, Víchrovník čiernozobý, víchrovník malý
Slovenian: atlantski viharnik
Albanian: Lajmëtari i vogëli furtunës
Serbian: mali zavoj
Swedish: Mindre lira, Townsendlira
Turkish: Atlantik Yelkovanı
Ukrainian: Буревісник малий , Малий буревісник
Chinese: 大西洋鹱
Chinese (Traditional): 普通鸌