Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (27)
- Subspecies (4)
Guy M. Kirwan, Carles Carboneras, and Francesc Jutglar
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Kleinpylstormvoël |
| Bulgarian | Малък буревестник |
| Catalan | baldriga petita |
| Czech | buřňák menší |
| Dutch | Pacifische Kleine Pijlstormvogel |
| English | Little Shearwater |
| English (United States) | Little Shearwater |
| French | Petit Puffin |
| French (France) | Petit Puffin |
| German | Zwergsturmtaucher |
| Hebrew | יסעור גמדי אוסטרלי |
| Icelandic | Dvergskrofa |
| Japanese | ヒメミズナギドリ |
| Norwegian | dverglire |
| Polish | burzyk mały |
| Russian | Тусклый буревестник |
| Serbian | Australijski mali zovoj |
| Slovak | víchrovník krpatý |
| Slovenian | Mali viharnik |
| Spanish | Pardela Maorí |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Pardela Chica |
| Spanish (Peru) | Pardela Chica |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pardela maorí |
| Swedish | dvärglira |
| Turkish | Güney Küçük Yelkovanı |
| Ukrainian | Буревісник-крихітка каприкорновий |
| Zulu | isikamanzelincane |
Puffinus assimilis Gould, 1838
PROTONYM:
Puffinus assimilis
Gould, 1838. A synopsis of the birds of Australia, and the adjacent islands pt4 App., p.7.
TYPE LOCALITY:
New South Wales = Norfolk Island.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PUFFINUS
- puffinus
- assimile / assimilis
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Little Shearwater
