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

Puffinus assimilis Gould, 1838

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Puffinus*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Dutch: kleine pijlstormvogel

English: dusky shearwater; little shearwater sources: Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp.;Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

English-United States: Little Shearwater

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

Italian: berta minore fosca sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: dverglire sources: Syn. Birds Austr. pt 4 App. p. 7

Norwegian Nynorsk: dverglire sources: Syn. Birds Austr. pt 4 App. p. 7

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

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

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

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

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

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

Welsh: aderyn drycin bach

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	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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (175 publications)
Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Puffinus assimilis Gould, 1838. 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:137200

Drs Cees Roselaar. Puffinus assimilis Gould, 1838. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96595