Black-vented shearwater - Puffinus opisthomelas

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Puffinus opisthomelas
Author Coues, 1864
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 554396
Common Names French: Puffin cul-noir
Spanish: Pardela mexicana
English: Black-vented Shearwater
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Procellariiformes
          Family: Procellariidae
            Genus: Puffinus
Taxonomic Children
Synonyms (since 1950)

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ITIS TSN554396
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
    NT (Global)
#records (spatial)1,089
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets3
Year1987 - 2006
Latitude32.11 - 37.78
Longitude-123.01 - -117.25
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