Small Shearwaters
Puffinus
Puffinus is a genus of seabirds in the order Procellariiformes that contains about 20 small to medium-sized shearwaters. Two other shearwater genera are named: Calonectris, which comprises three or four large shearwaters, and Ardenna with another seven species (formerly often included within Puffinus).
The taxonomy of this group is the cause of much debate, and the number of recognised species varies with the source.
25 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 21 known species
Manx Shearwater
speciesPuffinus puffinus
Black-vented Shearwater
speciesPuffinus opisthomelas
Fluttering Shearwater
speciesPuffinus gavia
Yelkouan Shearwater
speciesPuffinus yelkouan
Galapagos Shearwater
speciesPuffinus subalaris
Balearic Shearwater
speciesPuffinus mauretanicus
Sargasso Shearwater
speciesPuffinus lherminieri
Hutton's Shearwater
speciesPuffinus huttoni
Little Shearwater
speciesPuffinus assimilis
Tropical Shearwater
speciesPuffinus bailloni
Christmas Shearwater
speciesPuffinus nativitatis
Subantarctic Shearwater
speciesPuffinus elegans
Persian Shearwater
speciesPuffinus persicus
Barolo Shearwater
speciesPuffinus baroli
Newell's Shearwater
speciesPuffinus newelli
Boyd's Shearwater
speciesPuffinus boydi
Bannerman's Shearwater
speciesPuffinus bannermani
Heinroth's Shearwater
speciesPuffinus heinrothi
Townsend's Shearwater
speciesPuffinus auricularis
Rapa Shearwater
speciesPuffinus myrtae
Dune Shearwater
speciesPuffinus holeae
Lava Shearwater
speciesPuffinus olsoni
Saint Helena Shearwater
speciesPuffinus pacificoides
Scarlett's Shearwater
speciesPuffinus spelaeus
Bryan's Shearwater
speciesPuffinus bryani
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 4092.