Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (27)
- Subspecies (2)
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 |
|---|---|
| Arabic | جلم ماء الفارسي |
| Bulgarian | Персийски буревестник |
| Catalan | baldriga persa |
| Czech | buřňák ománský |
| Danish | Persisk Skråpe |
| Dutch | Arabische Kleine Pijlstormvogel |
| English | Persian Shearwater |
| English (United States) | Persian Shearwater |
| French | Puffin persique |
| French (France) | Puffin persique |
| German | Arabiensturmtaucher |
| Hebrew | יסעור פרסי |
| Hungarian | Perzsa vészmadár |
| Icelandic | Húmskrofa |
| Japanese | ペルシアミズナギドリ |
| Malayalam | പേർസ്യൻ തിരവെട്ടി |
| Norwegian | perserlire |
| Persian | کبوتر دریایی ایرانی |
| Polish | burzyk perski |
| Russian | Персидский буревестник |
| Serbian | Persijski zovoj |
| Slovak | víchrovník perzský |
| Spanish | Pardela Persa |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pardela persa |
| Swedish | arablira |
| Turkish | Basra Yelkovanı |
| Ukrainian | Буревісник каріамуріанський |
Puffinus persicus Hume, 1872
PROTONYM:
Puffinus Persicus
Hume, 1872. Stray Feathers 1, p.5.
TYPE LOCALITY:
at sea between Guadar and Muscat.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PUFFINUS
- puffinus
- persicus
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
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Persian Shearwater
