Townsend's Shearwater Puffinus auricularis Scientific name definitions
- CR Critically Endangered
- Names (22)
- Monotypic
David G. Ainley, Thomas C. Telfer, and Michelle H. Reynolds
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 |
|---|---|
| Catalan | baldriga de Townsend |
| Czech | buřňák sokorrský |
| Dutch | Townsendpijlstormvogel |
| English | Townsend's Shearwater |
| English (United States) | Townsend's Shearwater |
| French | Puffin de Townsend |
| French (France) | Puffin de Townsend |
| German | Townsendsturmtaucher |
| Icelandic | Sílaskrofa |
| Japanese | オオセグロミズナギドリ |
| Norwegian | mexicolire |
| Polish | burzyk białorzytny |
| Russian | Сокоррский буревестник |
| Serbian | Zovoj sa ostrva Sokoro i Klarion |
| Slovak | víchrovník mexický |
| Spanish | Pardela de Townsend |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Pardela de Islas Revillagigedo |
| Spanish (Panama) | Pardela de Townsend |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pardela de Townsend |
| Swedish | townsendlira |
| Turkish | Townsend Yelkovanı |
| Ukrainian | Буревісник гавайський |
Puffinus auricularis Townsend, 1890
PROTONYM:
Puffinus auricularis
Townsend, 1890. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 13, p.133.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Clarion Island, Revillagigedo Group.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PUFFINUS
- puffinus
- auriculare / auricularis
The Key to Scientific Names
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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)
Originally Appeared in
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Distribution of the Townsend's Shearwater
