Fluttering Shearwater - Puffinus gavia

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Puffinus gavia
Author (J. R. Forster, 1844)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 562596
Common Names English: Fluttering Shearwater
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Procellariiformes
          Family: Procellariidae
            Genus: Puffinus
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Synonyms (since 1950)
Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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ITIS#562596
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Years1884 - 2004
Latitudes-40.67 - -35.52
Longitudes137.33 - 174.00