Townsend's Shearwater

Puffinus auricularis - Puffin de Townsend

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Procellariiformes

  • Family
    :

    Procellariidés

  • Genus
    :

    Puffinus

  • Species
    :

    auricularis

Descriptor

Townsend, CH, 1890

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 38 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 76 à 83 cm.
  • Weight
    : 290 à 358 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Townsend's Shearwater (Puffinus auricularis) is a species of bird in the Procellariidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Puffin de Townsend,
  • Pardela de Townsend,
  • fura-bucho-de-socorro,
  • Townsendsturmtaucher,
  • Towsend-vészmadár,
  • Townsends Pijlstormvogel,
  • Berta di Townsend,
  • townsendlira,
  • Mexicolire,
  • víchrovník mexický,
  • buřňák Townsendův,
  • Mexicoskråpe,
  • meksikonpikkuliitäjä,
  • baldriga de Townsend,
  • burzyk białorzytny,
  • Taunsenda vētrasputns,
  • Сокоррский буревестник,
  • オオセグロミズナギドリ,
  • 汤氏鹱,
  • socorrolira,
  • 湯氏鸌,

Voice song and call

Habitat

Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; 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)

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

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