Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (43)
- Subspecies (2)
G. Causey Whittow
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1997
Text last updated January 1, 1997
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Keilstertpylstormvoël |
| Catalan | baldriga del Pacífic |
| Chinese | 長尾水薙鳥 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 楔尾鸌 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 楔尾鹱 |
| Czech | buřňák klínoocasý |
| Dutch | Wigstaartpijlstormvogel |
| English | Wedge-tailed Shearwater |
| English (HAW) | ʻUaʻu kani - Wedge-tailed Shearwater |
| English (United States) | Wedge-tailed Shearwater |
| French | Puffin fouquet |
| French (France) | Puffin fouquet |
| German | Keilschwanz-Sturmtaucher |
| Greek | Μύχος του Ειρηνικού |
| Hebrew | יסעור רחב-זנב |
| Hungarian | Változékony vészmadár |
| Icelandic | Hafskrofa |
| Indonesian | Penggunting-laut pasifik |
| Japanese | オナガミズナギドリ |
| Lithuanian | Pleištauodegė audronaša |
| Malayalam | ആപ്പുവാലൻ തിരവെട്ടി |
| Norwegian | kilehalelire |
| Persian | کبوتر دریایی دم پهن |
| Polish | burzyk klinosterny |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pardela-rabilonga |
| Romanian | Ielcovan de Pacific |
| Russian | Клинохвостый буревестник |
| Serbian | Klinorepi zovoj |
| Slovak | víchrovník klinochvostý |
| Slovenian | Klinorepi viharnik |
| Spanish | Pardela del Pacífico |
| Spanish (Chile) | Fardela del Pacífico |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Pardela Colicuña |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Pardela Colicuña |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Pardela Cola Cuña |
| Spanish (Panama) | Pardela Colicuña |
| Spanish (Peru) | Pardela Cola de Cuña |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pardela del Pacífico |
| Swedish | kilstjärtslira |
| Thai | นกจมูกหลอดหางพลั่ว |
| Turkish | Kama Kuyruklu Yelkovan |
| Ukrainian | Буревісник клинохвостий |
| Zulu | isikamanzelisisileside |
Ardenna pacifica (Gmelin, 1789)
PROTONYM:
Procellaria pacifica
Gmelin, 1789. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2, p.560.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Pacific Ocean. Type locality restricted to Kermadec Islands. Mathews, Bds. Austr., 2, 1912, p. 80.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ARDENNA
- pacifica
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Distribution of the Wedge-tailed Shearwater
