Yelkouan Shearwater
Puffinus yelkouan - Puffin yelkouan
Systematics
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Order:
Procellariiformes
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Family:
Procellariidés
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Genus:
Puffinus
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Species:
yelkouan
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 40 cm
- Wingspan: 76 à 93 cm.
- Weight: 330 à 480 g
Longevity
23 years
Geographic range
Identification
Yelkouan Shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan) is a species of bird in the Procellariidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Puffin yelkouan,
- Pardela mediterránea,
- fura-bucho-do-mediterrâneo,
- Mittelmeer-Sturmtaucher,
- bukdosó vészmadár,
- Yelkouanpijlstormvogel,
- Berta minore,
- medelhavslira,
- Middelhavslire,
- víchrovník hnedastý,
- buřňák středomořský,
- Middelhavs-skråpe,
- idänpikkuliitäjä,
- baldriga mediterrània,
- Stormskrofa,
- burzyk śródziemnomorski,
- Vidusjūras vētrasputns,
- sredozemski viharnik,
- Левантский буревестник,
- チチュウカイミズナギドリ,
- 地中海鹱,
- medelhavslira,
- 葉庫安鸌,
Habitat
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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