Galapagos Shearwater
Puffinus subalarisRidgway, R, 1897
English (US) Galapagos Shearwater
The Galapagos Shearwater (Puffinus subalaris) 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 off larger Galapagos Islands; ranges to waters off west-central Mexico and Central AmericaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Puffinus subalaris
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Galapagos Shearwater
- Described by
- Ridgway, R, 1897
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Ridgway, R, 1897
- Type locality
- Dalrymple Rock, Chatham Island, Galapagos Archipelago.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum 19, no.1116 p.650
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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