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Puffinus  Brisson, 1760
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174543

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderProcellariiformes  – petrels, tubenoses, albatros, tubinares, pétrels  
                            FamilyProcellariidae Leach, 1820 – fulmars, pétrels, Fulmars, Petrels, Shearwaters  
                               GenusPuffinus Brisson, 1760  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Puffinus assimilis Gould, 1838 – Petit Puffin, pardela-maori, Pardela semejante, Little Shearwater 
                                  Species Puffinus auricularis C. H. Townsend, 1890 – Puffin de Townsend, pardela-de-townsend, Pardela de Townsend, 'A'o, Pardela de Revillagigedo, Townsend's Shearwater 
                                  Species Puffinus bailloni (Bonaparte, 1857) – Puffin de Baillon, pardela-tropical, Pardela tropical, Tropical Shearwater 
                                  Species Puffinus bannermani Mathews & Iredale, 1915 – Bannerman's Shearwater, Puffin de Bannerman, pardela-de-bannerman, Pardela de las Bonin 
                                  Species Puffinus baroli (Bonaparte, 1857) – Barolo Shearwater, Puffin de Macaronésie, pardela-pequena, Pardela chica macaronésica 
                                  Species Puffinus boydi Mathews, 1912 – Puffin de Boyd, pardela-de-cabo-verde, Pardela chica de Cabo Verde, Boyd's Shearwater 
                                  Species Puffinus bryani Pyle, Welch & R. C. Fleischer, 2011 – Bryan's Shearwater, Puffin de Bryan, pardela-de-bryan, Pardela de Bryan 
                                  Species Puffinus elegans Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869 – Subantarctic Shearwater, Puffin élégant, pardela-subantárctica, Pardela subantártica 
                                  Species Puffinus gavia (J. R. Forster, 1844) – Fluttering Shearwater, Puffin volage, pardela-agitada, Pardela gavia 
                                  Species Puffinus heinrothi Reichenow, 1919 – Puffin de Heinroth, pardela-de-heinroth, Pardela de Heinroth, Heinroth's Shearwater 
                                  Species Puffinus huttoni Mathews, 1912 – Hutton's Shearwater, Puffin de Hutton, pardela-de-hutton, Pardela de Hutton 
                                  Species Puffinus lherminieri R. P. Lesson, 1839 – Sargasso Shearwater, Puffin d'Audubon, pardela-de-audubon, Pardela de Audubon 
                                  Species Puffinus mauretanicus Lowe, 1921 – Puffin des Baléares, pardela-balear, Pardela balear, Balearic Shearwater 
                                  Species Puffinus myrtae Bourne, 1959 – Rapa Shearwater, Puffin de Rapa, pardela-de-rapa, Pardela de Rapa 
                                  Species Puffinus nativitatis Streets, 1877 – Puffin de la Nativité, pardela-de-kiritimati, Pardela de Navidad, Christmas Shearwater 
                                  Species Puffinus newelli Henshaw, 1900 – Puffin de Newell, pardela-de-newell, Pardela de Newell, Newell's Shearwater 
                                  Species Puffinus opisthomelas Coues, 1864 – Pardela mexicana, Black-vented Shearwater, Puffin cul-noir, pardela-da-califórnia, Pardela culinegra 
                                  Species Puffinus persicus Hume, 1872 – Persian Shearwater, Puffin persique, pardela-persa, Pardela persa 
                                  Species Puffinus puffinus (Brünnich, 1764) – Puffin des Anglais, pardela-sombria, Pardela pichoneta, Manx Shearwater 
                                  Species Puffinus subalaris Ridgway, 1897 – Puffin des Galapagos, pardela-das-galápagos, Pardela de Galápagos, Galapagos Shearwater 
                                  Species Puffinus yelkouan (Acerbi, 1827) – Yelkouan Shearwater, Puffin yelkouan, pardela-do-mediterrâneo, Pardela mediterránea 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Puffinus    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Puffinus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 Feb 2025].   
  Reference for: Puffinus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Puffinus   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.02.14, website (version 14-Feb-11)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Puffinus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brisson, Mathurin-Jacques  
  Publication Date: 1760   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Ornithologie ou Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés, vol. 6   
  Page(s): 1-543   
  Publisher: Cl. Jean-Baptiste Bauche, Libraire   
  Publication Place: Paris, France   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: Available online via Biodiversity Heritage Library at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36294287   
  Reference for: original description   
       

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