Yelkouan Shearwater

Puffinus yelkouan - Puffin yelkouan

Puffin yelkouan
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Procellariiformes

  • Family
    :

    Procellariidés

  • Genus
    :

    Puffinus

  • Species
    :

    yelkouan

Descriptor

Acerbi, 1827

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 40 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 76 à 93 cm.
  • Weight
    : 330 à 480 g
Longevity

23 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Puffin yelkouan
adult
Puffin yelkouan
Poussin

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,

Voice song and call

Puffin yelkouan
adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Puffin yelkouan

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

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

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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