Subantarctic shearwater
Appearance
(Redirected from Puffinus elegans)
Subantarctic shearwater | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Procellariiformes |
Family: | Procellariidae |
Genus: | Puffinus |
Species: | P. elegans
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Binomial name | |
Puffinus elegans | |
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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.
Taxonomy
[edit]The subantarctic shearwater is sometimes considered a subspecies of the little shearwater.
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Puffinus elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T45959186A132669815. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T45959186A132669815.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.