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Procellariiformes / Procellariidae / Puffinus

Mediterranean Shearwater

Puffinus yelkouan

IUCN: Not Evaluated

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (medshe1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Genus: Puffinus

Subspecies (2)

Puffinus yelkouan mauretanicus

breeds islets in Balearic Islands; ranges to Atlantic coasts of southwestern Europe and northwestern Africa
Puffinus yelkouan yelkouan

breeds central and eastern Mediterranean islands and western Black Sea; ranges throughout Mediterranean and Black Sea

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (medshe1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.