Yelkouan shearwater
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The yelkouan shearwater, Levantine shearwater or Mediterranean shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan) is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus).
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Yelkouan shearwater | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Procellariiformes |
Family: | Procellariidae |
Genus: | Puffinus |
Species: | P. yelkouan |
Binomial name | |
Puffinus yelkouan (Acerbi, 1827) | |
Synonyms | |
Procellaria yelkouan Acerbi, 1827 |
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