Little Shearwater
Puffinus assimilis
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Puffinus
- eBird Code
- litshe8
Vocalizations
Oscar Dove · CC_BY_4_0
Subspecies (4)
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Puffinus assimilis assimilis
breeds Lord Howe and Norfolk islands (east of Australia); ranges through Tasman Sea and eastward to Australia
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Puffinus assimilis haurakiensis
breeds islets off northeastern coast of North Island (New Zealand)
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Puffinus assimilis kermadecensis
breeds Kermadec Islands
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Puffinus assimilis tunneyi
breeds islands off southwestern Australia (Abrolhos Islands to Archipelago of the Récherche); ranges through southeastern Indian Ocean
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.