Christmas Shearwater Puffinus nativitatis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (26)
- Monotypic
Nanette W. Seto
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | baldriga de Christmas |
| Chinese | 黑細鸌 |
| Czech | buřňák tropický |
| Dutch | Kleine Wigstaartpijlstormvogel |
| English | Christmas Shearwater |
| English (HAW) | ʻAoʻū - Christmas Shearwater |
| English (United States) | Christmas Shearwater |
| French | Puffin de la Nativité |
| French (France) | Puffin de la Nativité |
| German | Weihnachtssturmtaucher |
| Icelandic | Runnaskrofa |
| Japanese | コミズナギドリ |
| Norwegian | brunlire |
| Polish | burzyk brunatny |
| Russian | Рождественский буревестник |
| Serbian | Smeđi havajski zovoj |
| Slovak | víchrovník černastý |
| Spanish | Pardela de Navidad |
| Spanish (Chile) | Fardela de Pascua |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Pardela de Navidad |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Pardela de Isla Navidad |
| Spanish (Panama) | Pardela de Christmas |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pardela de Navidad |
| Swedish | brunlira |
| Turkish | Christmas Yelkovanı |
| Ukrainian | Буревісник острівний |
Puffinus nativitatis Streets, 1877
PROTONYM:
Puffinus (Nectris) nativitatis
Streets, 1877. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 1(7), p.29.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Christmas Island, Pacific Ocean.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PUFFINUS
- puffinus
- nativitatis
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
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‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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