Species profile
Little Shearwater
Puffinus assimilis
Quick answer
occurs on Southern seas and tropical and subtropical zones of the Northern Hemisphere. Most of its population is sedentary, but some individuals disperse, mainly the immature (Carboneras, 1992). In Brazil, there are records for its territorial sea (Harris & Hansen, 1974), but these are occasional and not documented.
- Scientific name
- Puffinus assimilis
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Genus
- Puffinus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Little Shearwater in your journal
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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)