Subantarctic shearwater

Subantarctic shearwater
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Procellariiformes
Family:	Procellariidae
Genus:	Puffinus
Species:	P. elegans
Binomial name
Puffinus elegans Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869
Synonyms
P. assimilis elegans

The subantarctic shearwater (Puffinus elegans) is a small bird species which breeds in Tristan da Cunha, islands of the southern Indian Ocean and New Zealand Subantarctic Islands.

Taxonomy

The subantarctic shearwater is sometimes considered a subspecies of the little shearwater.

References

1. BirdLife International (2018). "Puffinus elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T45959186A132669815. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T45959186A132669815.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.