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Puffinus iherminieri

(Audubon's Shearwater)

Overview

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<B>Audubon's Shearwater</B> <i>(Puffinus iherminieri)</i> Off Cape Hatteras, NC 31 May 2007 This small shearwater is brown above, white below, shows a bit of white in front of the eye, and has quick, choppy wingbeats.

Interesting Facts

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Breeding in the Caribbean, Audubon's Shearwaters are commonly seen offshore in North Carolina from spring through fall .
This small shearwater is brown above, white below, shows a bit of white in front of the eye, and has quick, choppy wingbeats.

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Audubon's Shearwater

Description

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Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial ; Marine

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Aves () - Linnaeus, 1758
        Subclass: Avialae () - Gauthier, 1986
        Infraclass: Aves () - (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
        Cohort: Neognathae () - Pycraft, 1900
        Superorder: Procellariimorphae () - Fürbringer, 1888
        Order: Procellariiformes () - (Fürbringer, 1888)
        Suborder: Procellarae () - Gadow, 1893
        Infraorder: Ciconiides () -
        Parvorder: Ciconiida ()
        Superfamily: Procellarioidea () - Fürbringer, 1888
        Family: Procellariidae () - Leach, 1820
        Genus: Puffinus () - Brisson, 1760
        Specific name: iherminieri - Lesson
        Scientific name: - Puffinus iherminieri Lesson

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Puffinus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 33 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. assimilis (Allied Shearwater) · P. assimilis assimilis (Little Shearwater) · P. atrodorsalis (Mascarene Shearwater) · P. auricularis ('a'o) · P. auricularis auricularis (Newell's Townsend's Shearwater) · P. auricularis newelli (Manx) · P. bannermani (Bannerman's Shearwater) · P. bulleri (Grey-Backed Shearwater) · P. carneipes (Flesh-Footed Shearwater) · P. creatopus (Pink-Footed Shearwater) · (Fluttering Shearwater) · P. gavia gavia (Fluttering Shearwater) · P. gravis (Common Atlantic Shearwater) · P. griseus (Dark-Bodied Shearwater) · P. heinrothi (Heinroth's Shearwater) · P. huttoni (Hutton's Shearwater) · P. iherminieri (Audubon's Shearwater) · P. lherminieri (Bannerman's Shearwater) · P. lherminieri lherminieri (Mascarene Shearwater) · P. lherminieri persicus (Audubon's Shearwater) · P. lherminieri subalaris (Audubon's Shearwater) · P. mauretanicus (Balearic Shearwater) · P. nativitatis (Christmas Island Shearwater) · P. newelli (Newell's Shearwater) · P. opisthomelas (Black-Vented Shearwater) · P. pacificus (Wedge-Tailed Shearwater) · P. persicus (Audubon's Shearwater) · P. puffinus (Black-Vented Shearwater) · P. puffinus opisthomelas (Manx Shearwater) · P. puffinus puffinus (Manx Shearwater) · P. puffinus yelkouan (Manx Shearwater) · P. tenuirostris (Slender-Billed Shearwater) · P. yelkouan (Mediterranean Shearwater)

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Further Reading

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IUCN Directory of Afrotropical Protected Areas IUCN, UNEP url p. 553.

Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 18, 2008:

National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS

Identifiers

Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 17510315
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2314987

Last Revised: 7/24/2012