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

PuffinusBrisson, 1760accepted 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 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

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

basis of record

Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

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

Worthy, T. (2009). Aves (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp

additional source

Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 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

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

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.

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

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.

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External Links

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Citation

Adriaens, P. (2012). Puffinus griseus (Gmelin, 1789). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) 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

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

IUCN:
Red List status NT 2010This species is near threatened and is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

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2011-04-08 by Drs Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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