Fluttering Shearwater
Puffinus gavia(Forster, JR, 1844)
English (US) Fluttering Shearwater
The Fluttering Shearwater (Puffinus gavia) 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 islets of northeastern North Island and Marlborough Sounds (northeastern South Island, New Zealand); ranges to Australian watersRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Puffinus gavia
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Fluttering Shearwater
- Described by
- (Forster, JR, 1844)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Procellaria gavia
- Described by
- (Forster, JR, 1844)
- Type locality
- Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand.
- Original description
- Descriptiones animalium quae in itinere ad maris australis terras per annos 1772, 1773 et 1774 suscepto, collegit, observavit et delineavit (etc.) p.148
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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