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

Puffinus griseus (Gmelin, 1789)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Procellaria

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Puffinus*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Procellaria griseus*	Gmelin, 1789	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

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

English: sooty shear water; sooty shearwater sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

English-United States: Sooty Shearwater sources: Charles Hussey

French: puffin fuligineux 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: dunkler Sturmtaucher sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: grålire sources: Syst. Nat. 1 pt 2 p. 564

Norwegian Nynorsk: grålire sources: Syst. Nat. 1 pt 2 p. 564

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

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

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

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

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

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

Turkish: gri yelkovan kuşu; kül rengi yelkovan kuşu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Welsh: aderyn drycin du

Literature

original description	Gmelin, J.F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae, 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3), pp 1033-1516.
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	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	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 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	Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.
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	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	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (93 nucleotides; 55 proteins)
Barcode of Life (23 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (371 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Puffinus griseus (Gmelin, 1789). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137202

Drs Cees Roselaar. Puffinus griseus (Gmelin, 1789). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96591