Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal 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.

Abkhazian: аЦӘқәырҧын
Afrikaans: Yelkouanse Pylstormvoël
Arabic: جلم ماء بحر الأبيض المتوسط
Asturian: Pardiella mediterránea
Azerbaijani: yelqovan fırtınaquşu
Belarusian: Міжземнаморскi буравеснік
Bulgarian: Обикновен буревестник, Средиземноморски буревестник
Bengali: বূভধয঳াগযীয় চ঱য়াযওয়াটায
Bengali (transliteration): bhūmadhyasāgarīẏa śiẏāra'ōẏāṭāra*
Breton: An tort yelkovan, Tort yelkouan
Catalan: Baldriga mediterrània, Virot de llevant
Catalan (Balears): Virot de llevant
Montenegrin: zovoj, зовој
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): зовој
Czech: buřňák středomořský
Welsh: Aderyn drycin Môr y Canoldir, Aderyn-drycin Môr y Canoldir
Danish: Ægæerskråpe, Middelhavsskråpe, Middelhavs-skråpe
German: Mittelmeer Sturmtaucher, Mittelmeersturmtaucher, Mittelmeer-Sturmtaucher, Schwarzschnabelsturmtaucher-yelkouan
Greek: Θαλασσόμυχος, Μύχoς (της Μεσογείου), Μύχος, Μύχος (της Μεσογείου)
Greek (Cypriot): Θαλασσόμυχος
English: Levantine shearwater, Mediterranean Shearwater, Yelkouan Mediterranean Shearwater, Yelkouan Shearwater
English, HBW: Yelkouan Shearwater
English (IOC): Yelkouan Shearwater
English (United States): Yelkouan Shearwater
Esperanto: Mediteranea pufino
Spanish: Pardela Mediterránea, Pardela Yelkouan
Spanish (Spain): Pardela Mediterránea
Spanish (HBW): Pardela mediterránea
Estonian: Vahemere tormilind
Basque: Baldriga mediterrània, Gabai mediterranearra, Gabai mediterraneoa, Levanteko gabai
Finnish: idänpikkuliitäjä, idänpikkuliitäjä (levantinliitäjä)
French: Puffin de Méditerranée, Puffin yelkouan
Friulian: pufin
Frisian: Yelkouanmok
Irish: Cánóg Mheánmhuirí
Galician: Baldriga mediterrània, Furabuchos do Mediterráneo, Furabuchos mediterráneo
Hebrew: יסעור מצוי
Croatian: Gregula, Mala gregula
Hungarian: bukdosó vészmadár
Icelandic: Stormskrofa
Italian: Berta minore, Berta minore mediterranea
Japanese (romaji): chichuukaimizunagidori, himemizunagidori
Japanese: チチュウカイミズナギドリ, ヒメミズナギドリ
Georgian: პატარა ქარიშხალა, ხმელთაშუაზღვის ქარიშხალა
Kazakh: Кіші дауылпаз
Kirghiz: Левант бороончусу
Scientific: Procellaria Yelkouan, Puffinus puffinus yelkouan, Puffinus yelkouan, Puffinus yelkouan yelkouan
Lithuanian: Jūrinis pufinas, Viduržeminė audronaša
Latvian: Vidusjūras vētrasputns
Macedonian: Мал водопарач, Мал завој
Moldavian: Furtunar, Ielcovan estic
Maltese: Garnija, garnija Maltija
Dutch: Ostmediterrane vale pijlstormvogel, Vale pijlstormvogel, Yelkouanpijlstormvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Middelhavslire
Norwegian: Middelhavslire
Polish: burzyk sródziemnomorski, Burzyk śródziemnomorski
Portuguese: Fura-bucho do Mediterrâneo, fura-bucho-do-mediterrâneo, Fura-bucho-do-mediterrânico, Pardela do Mediterrâneo
Portuguese (Portugal): Fura-bucho-do-mediterrâneo, pardela-do-mediterrâneo
Romansh: tempestella mediterrana
Rhaeto-Romance: Tempestella mediterrana
Romanian: Ielcovan estic, Ielcovan mediteranean
Russian: Левантский буревестник, Обыкновенный буревестник, Средиземноморский буревестник
Northern Sami: Gaskamearasaddi
Slovak: víchrovník hnedastý
Slovenian: crnokljuni viharnik, sredozemski viharnik
Albanian: Lajmëtari i vogël i furtunës, Lajmëtari i vogëli furtunës
Serbian: Mali zovoj, Зовој
Swedish: Levantlira, Medelhavslira
Turkish: Siyah-gagalı Yelkuvan, Yelkovan
Ukrainian: Буревісник малий, Буревісник східний, Малий буревісник
Chinese: 地中海鹱
Chinese (Traditional): 葉庫安鸌, 黎凡替鸌