Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Order Procellariiformes > Family Procellariidae > Genus Puffinus

Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly, 1818)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Puffinus*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Procellaria gravis*	O'Reilly, 1818	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: storskråpe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: grote pijlstormvogel sources: Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

English: great shearwater; greater shearwater sources: Woehler E.J. (compiler) 2006. Species list prepared for SCAR/IUCN/BirdLife International Workshop on Antarctic Regional Seabird Populations, March 2005, Cambridge, UK.;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: puffin majeur sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: großer Sturmtaucher sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Καπελόμυχος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: יסעור לבן-זנב sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: didžioji audronaša sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: storlire sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: storlire sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: burzyk wielki sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: большой пестробрюхий буревестник sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: veliki viharnik sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: pardela capirotada sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: större lira sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: büyük yelkovan kuşu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Буревісник великий; Великий буревісник sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: aderyn drycin mawr

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.
additional source	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.
additional source	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.
additional source	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Phillips, L.M., R.I. Leihy & S.L. Chown. (2022). Improving species‐based area protection in Antarctica. Conservation Biology. 36(4): e13885.Aug 2022.