Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (37)
- Monotypic
Guy M. Kirwan, Carles Carboneras, Francesc Jutglar, and Tim S. David
Version: 1.1 — Published August 13, 2021
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Lajmëtari i vogël i furtunës |
| Arabic | جلم ماء بحر الأبيض المتوسط |
| Asturian | Pardiella mediterrñnea |
| Basque | Gabai mediterraneoa |
| Bulgarian | Средиземноморски буревестник |
| Catalan | baldriga mediterrània |
| Croatian | gregula |
| Czech | buřňák středomořský |
| Danish | Ægæerskråpe |
| Dutch | Yelkouanpijlstormvogel |
| English | Yelkouan Shearwater |
| English (United States) | Yelkouan Shearwater |
| Finnish | idänpikkuliitäjä |
| French | Puffin yelkouan |
| French (France) | Puffin yelkouan |
| Galician | Furabuchos mediterráneo |
| German | Mittelmeer-Sturmtaucher |
| Greek | Μύχος (της Μεσογείου) |
| Hebrew | יסעור מצוי |
| Hungarian | Bukdosó vészmadár |
| Icelandic | Stormskrofa |
| Italian | Berta minore |
| Japanese | チチュウカイミズナギドリ |
| Lithuanian | Viduržeminė audronaša |
| Norwegian | middelhavslire |
| Polish | burzyk śródziemnomorski |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Fura-bucho-do-mediterrâneo |
| Romanian | Ielcovan |
| Russian | Левантский буревестник |
| Serbian | Mali zovoj |
| Slovak | víchrovník hnedastý |
| Slovenian | Sredozemski viharnik |
| Spanish | Pardela Mediterránea |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pardela mediterránea |
| Swedish | medelhavslira |
| Turkish | Yelkovan |
| Ukrainian | Буревісник східний |
Revision Notes
In this partial revision, Tim S. David revised the Systematics page.
Puffinus yelkouan (Acerbi, 1827)
PROTONYM:
Procellaria Yelkouan
Acerbi, 1827. Biblioteca Italiana 47, p.297.
TYPE LOCALITY:
the Bosphorus, opposite Bujukdere.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PUFFINUS
- puffinus
- yelkouan
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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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Distribution of the Yelkouan Shearwater
