Subantarctic shearwater

The subantarctic shearwater (Puffinus elegans) is a small bird species which breeds in Tristan da Cunha, islands of the southern Indian Ocean and New Zealand Subantarctic Islands.

Subantarctic shearwater
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Genus: Puffinus
Species:
P. elegans
Binomial name
Puffinus elegans
Synonyms
  • P. assimilis elegans

Taxonomy

The subantarctic shearwater is sometimes considered a subspecies of the little shearwater.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2015). "Puffinus elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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