Subantarctic Shearwater - BirdForum Opus

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Puffinus elegans

Distribution

Southern Oceans: Tristan da Cunha, Gough, Chatham and Antipodes islands

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Subantarctic Shearwater was recently split from Little Shearwater

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v 10.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Subantarctic Shearwater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 14 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Subantarctic_Shearwater

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