Subantarctic Shearwater Puffinus elegans Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (25)
- Monotypic
Guy M. Kirwan, Josep del Hoyo, and Nigel Collar
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Sub-antarktiese Pylstormvoël |
| Catalan | baldriga subantàrtica |
| Czech | buřňák subantarktický |
| Dutch | Subantarctische Kleine Pijlstormvogel |
| English | Subantarctic Shearwater |
| English (New Zealand) | Sub-Antarctic Little Shearwater |
| English (United States) | Subantarctic Shearwater |
| French | Puffin élégant |
| French (France) | Puffin élégant |
| German | Subantarktis-Sturmtaucher |
| Japanese | アナンキョクヒメミズナギドリ |
| Norwegian | sørhavslire |
| Polish | burzyk ciemnolicy |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pardela-pequena |
| Russian | Субантарктический буревестник |
| Serbian | Subantarktički mali zovoj |
| Slovak | víchrovník pôvabný |
| Spanish | Pardela Subantártica |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Pardela Subantártica |
| Spanish (Chile) | Fardela chica |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pardela subantártica |
| Swedish | subantarktisk lira |
| Turkish | Subantartik Yelkovan |
| Ukrainian | Буревісник-крихітка тристанський |
| Zulu | isikamanzelibusobumnyama |
Puffinus elegans Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869
PROTONYM:
Puffinus elegans
Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869. Ibis, p.68.
TYPE LOCALITY:
South Atlantic Ocean, lat. 43° 54' S.; long. 9° 20' E.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PUFFINUS
- puffinus
- elegans
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 (Subantarctic)
