Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)
Yelkouan Shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan) - HBW 1, p. 255
French: Puffin de Méditerranée
German: Mittelmeer Sturmtaucher
Spanish: Pardela Mediterránea
Other common names: Mediterranean Shearwater; Levantine Shearwater (yelkouan); Balearic Shearwater (mauretanicus)
Taxonomy: Procellaria Yelkouan Acerbi, 1827, the Bosphorus, opposite Bujukdere.
Often placed in P. puffinus. Sometimes split into two species. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- yelkouan (Acerbi, 1827) - S France and E Algeria to Turkey and Bulgaria.
- mauretanicus Lowe, 1921 - Balearic Is (W Mediterranean).
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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Shots of groups flying along the Bosphorus Locality Istanbul Province, Turkey (ssp yelkouan)
Stuart Fisher 7 May 2007 3 years ago 56 sec 2.4
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Note the pale underparts, which are different from the P. yelkouan mauretanicus
Locality Cap de Creus, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp yelkouan)
Dani Valverde 16 January 2010 1 year ago 4.6 -
Yelkouan Shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan)
Locality Castelló d'Empúries, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp yelkouan)
Dani Valverde 15 January 2011 1 year ago 3.9 -
Note the dark underparts, characteristic of this subspecies
Locality Cap de Creus, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp mauretanicus)
Dani Valverde 16 January 2010 1 year ago 3.8 -
Yelkouan Shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan)
Locality Castelló d'Empúries, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp yelkouan)
Dani Valverde 15 January 2011 1 year ago 3.6 -
Surfin' shearwater
Locality Cap de Creus, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp yelkouan)
Dani Valverde 16 January 2010 1 year ago 3.4 -
A bird flying.
Locality Cap de Creus, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp yelkouan)
Aleix Comas 17 January 2009 3 years ago 2.5
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