Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Procellariiformes > Family Procellariidae > Genus Puffinus

Puffinus yelkouan (Acerbi, 1827)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Procellaria

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Puffinus*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Procellaria yelkouan*	Acerbi, 1827	objective synonym
*Puffinus puffinus yelkouan*	(Acerbi, 1827)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bulgarian: Обикновен буревестник sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: Ostmediterrane vale pijlstormvogel sources: Avibase - the world bird database

English: Mediterranean shearwater; Yelkouan shearwater sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

English-United States: Mediterranean Shearwater sources: Charles Hussey

German: Mittelmeer-Sturmtaucher sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Μύχος της Μεσογείου sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: berta minore mediterranea sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: viduržeminė audronaša sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: Middelhavslire sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: burzyk śródziemnomorski sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: pufin; pufinul yelkouan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: буревестник левантский sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: sredozemski viharnik sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: pardela mediterránea sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: yelkovan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: aderyn drycin Môr y Canoldir

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (26 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Puffinus yelkouan (Acerbi, 1827). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137204

Drs Cees Roselaar. Puffinus yelkouan (Acerbi, 1827). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96594