Barolo Shearwater

Overview

Barolo Shearwater (Puffinus baroli) is a species of Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels (Procellariidae) in the order Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters.

Scientific Classification

Genus: Puffinus; binomial: Puffinus baroli; authority: (Bonaparte, 1857).

Distribution

Breeding range: the Atlantic Ocean. Non-breeding range: rare to coasts of sw Europe and nw Africa, and near shelf-slope break off New England (nw North Atlantic).

Conservation Status

This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.

Remarks

Macaronesian Shearwater Puffinus baroli is split from Little Shearwater P. assimilis by BOU (Sangster et al. 2005; Onley & Scofield 2007; contra Austin 2004); change English name to Barolo Shearwater with split of Boyd's Shearwater (IOC 2.8).