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 LC    Subantarctic Shearwater* Id (Atlas):
    Puffinus elegans

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Subantarctic Shearwater, Subantarctic Little Shearwater

Family
Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters)

Size
25 - 30 cm

First Described (Guide)
Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869

Range (Guide)
Chatham and Antipodes Islands, and Tristan da Cunha Group and Gough Island in the South Atlantic. Also known as Subantarctic Shearwater. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Little Shearwater (Puffinus assimilis).
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Little Shearwater (Puffinus assimilis).

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
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