Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (51)
- Monotypic
Carles Carboneras, Francesc Jutglar, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 20, 2014
Text last updated June 20, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Grootpylstormvoël |
| Arabic | جلم الماء كبير |
| Asturian | Pardiella capelluda |
| Basque | Gabai handia |
| Bulgarian | Голям буревестник |
| Catalan | baldriga capnegra |
| Croatian | crnokapi zovoj |
| Czech | buřňák velký |
| Danish | Storskråpe |
| Dutch | Grote Pijlstormvogel |
| English | Great Shearwater |
| English (United States) | Great Shearwater |
| Faroese | Stórskrápur |
| Finnish | isoliitäjä |
| French | Puffin majeur |
| French (France) | Puffin majeur |
| Galician | Pardela encapuchada |
| German | Kappensturmtaucher |
| Greek | Καπελόμυχος |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Gwo Cahen |
| Hebrew | יסעור שחור-כיפה |
| Hungarian | Nagy vészmadár |
| Icelandic | Hettuskrofa |
| Italian | Berta dell'Atlantico |
| Japanese | ズグロミズナギドリ |
| Lithuanian | Didžioji audronaša |
| Norwegian | storlire |
| Polish | burzyk wielki |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Pardela-de-barrete |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pardela-de-barrete |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pardela-de-barrete |
| Romanian | Ielcovan mare |
| Russian | Пестробрюхий буревестник |
| Serbian | Veliki zovoj |
| Slovak | víchrovník atlantický |
| Slovenian | Veliki viharnik |
| Spanish | Pardela Capirotada |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Pardela Cabeza Negra |
| Spanish (Chile) | Fardela capirotada |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Pardela Mayor |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Pardela Capirotada |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Pardela Mayor |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Pardela Mayor |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Pampero Capirotado |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pardela capirotada |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Pardela Cabeza Negra |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Petrel Cauicho |
| Swedish | större lira |
| Turkish | Büyük Yelkovan |
| Ukrainian | Буревісник великий |
| Zulu | isikamanzelikhulu |
Ardenna gravis (O'Reilly, 1818)
PROTONYM:
Procellaria Gravis
O'Reilly, 1818. Greenland, the adjacent seas, and the North-west Passage to the Pacific Ocean, illustrated in a voyage to Davis's Strait, during the summer of 1817, p.140 pl.12 fig.1.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cape Farewell and Staten Hook to Newfoundland.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ARDENNA
- gravis
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Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Great Shearwater
