Hutton's Shearwater
Puffinus huttoniMathews, GM, 1912
English (US) Hutton's Shearwater
The Hutton's Shearwater (Puffinus huttoni) 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 montane northeastern South Island (New Zealand); ranges to seas off western, southern, and eastern AustraliaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Puffinus huttoni
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Hutton's Shearwater
- Described by
- Mathews, GM, 1912
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Puffinus reinholdi huttoni
- Described by
- Mathews, GM, 1912
- Type locality
- Snares Island.
- Original description
- The birds of Australia 2 p.47,77
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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