Townsend's Shearwater
Puffinus auricularisTownsend, CH, 1890
English (US) Townsend's Shearwater
The Townsend's Shearwater (Puffinus auricularis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels) in the order Procellariiformes.
Range: breeds mountains of Revillagigedo Islands (off western Mexico); ranges to coastal waters from southern Baja California to Oaxaca (western Mexico)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Puffinus auricularis
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Townsend's Shearwater
- Described by
- Townsend, CH, 1890
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Townsend, CH, 1890
- Type locality
- Clarion Island, Revillagigedo Group.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum 13, no.799 p.133
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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