Species profile
Black-vented Shearwater
Puffinus opisthomelas
Quick answer
Islands off w coast of Baja Calif.; disperses adj. Mexican waters
- Scientific name
- Puffinus opisthomelas
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Genus
- Puffinus
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened
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Related species in Procellariidae
- Antarctic fulmar, Southern fulmar, Silver-grey petrel (Fulmarus glacialoides)
- Antarctic petrel (Thalassoica antarctica)
- Antarctic Prion (Pachyptila desolata)
- Ardenna davealleni (Ardenna davealleni)
- Argyrodyptes microtarsus (Argyrodyptes microtarsus)
- Atlantic Petrel (Pterodroma incerta)
- Balearic Shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus)
- Bannerman's Shearwater (Puffinus bannermani)