Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (22)
- Monotypic
Bradford S. Keitt, Bernie R. Tershy, and Donald A. Croll
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2000
Text last updated January 1, 2000
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | baldriga culnegra |
| Czech | buřňák kalifornský |
| Dutch | Zwartbuikpijlstormvogel |
| English | Black-vented Shearwater |
| English (United States) | Black-vented Shearwater |
| French | Puffin cul-noir |
| French (France) | Puffin cul-noir |
| German | Schwarzsteiß-Sturmtaucher |
| Icelandic | Dílaskrofa |
| Japanese | クロハラミズナギドリ |
| Norwegian | bajalire |
| Polish | burzyk kalifornijski |
| Russian | Чернохвостый буревестник |
| Serbian | Crnotrbi zovoj |
| Slovak | víchrovník kalifornský |
| Spanish | Pardela Culinegra |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Pardela Culinegra |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Pardela Mexicana |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pardela culinegra |
| Swedish | californialira |
| Turkish | Kaliforniya Yelkovanı |
| Ukrainian | Буревісник каліфорнійський |
Puffinus opisthomelas Coues, 1864
PROTONYM:
Puffinus opisthomelas
Coues, 1864. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 16, p.139.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cape San Lucas, Lower California.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PUFFINUS
- puffinus
- opisthomelas
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Black-vented Shearwater
