Tropical Shearwater

Puffinus bailloni - Puffin de Baillon

Puffin de Baillon
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Procellariiformes

  • Family
    :

    Procellariidés

  • Genus
    :

    Puffinus

  • Species
    :

    bailloni

Descriptor

Bonaparte, 1857

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 33 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 64 à 74 cm.
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Puffin de Baillon
Puffin de Baillon
adult plum. post breeding

Tropical Shearwater (Puffinus bailloni) is a species of bird in the Procellariidae family.

Subspecific information 5 subspecies

  • Puffinus bailloni bailloni (Mauritius, Réunion and Europa Is.)
  • Puffinus bailloni nicolae (islands of the nw Indian Ocean)
  • Puffinus bailloni colstoni (Aldabra I)
  • Puffinus bailloni dichrous (Central Pacific Is.)
  • Puffinus bailloni gunax (Vanuatu)

Foreign names

  • Puffin de Baillon,
  • Pardela tropical,
  • pintainho-dos-trópicos,
  • Tropensturmtaucher,
  • Audubon-vészmadár,
  • Baillons Kleine Pijlstormvogel,
  • Berta di Baillon,
  • tropiklira,
  • Nymfelire,
  • víchrovník tropický,
  • buřňák indopacifický,
  • Østlig Tropeskråpe,
  • tropiikkiliitäjä,
  • Swartkroonpylstormvoël (Tropiese Kleinpylstormvoël),
  • baldriga de Baillon,
  • burzyk tropikalny,
  • Белобрюхий буревестник,
  • トロピカルミズナギドリ,
  • 热带鹱,
  • tropiklira,
  • 熱帶鸌,

Voice song and call

Puffin de Baillon

Habitat

Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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