Subantarctic Shearwater

Overview

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

Scientific Classification

Genus: Puffinus; binomial: Puffinus elegans; authority: Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869.

Distribution

Breeding range: the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. Non-breeding range: to Falkland Is. and sw Africa (South Atlantic Ocean), widely in s New Zealand seas and sc Chilean coast (South Pacific Ocean).

Conservation Status

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

Remarks

Split from Little Shearwater (Onley & Scofield 2007; Gill et al. 2010).