Tag: Balearic Shearwater

Modelling demography and extinction risk in the endangered Balearic shearwater

Balearic Shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus) Science Article 1 abstract Several demographic parameters of Balearic shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus) were estimated and used to model extinction probabilities for the species, which is an endemic seabird confined to a Mediterranean archipelago. Adult survival was analyzed through capture-recapture models at two colonies free of adult predators during 1997-2002. Extinction probabilities […]

WINTERING DISTRIBUTION OF THE BALEARIC SHEARWATER (PUFFINUS YELKOUAN MAURETANICUS, Lowe 1921) OFF THE NORTHEASTERN COAST OF SPAIN

Balearic Shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus) Science Article 2 abstract The taxonomic status of the Mediterranean Shearwater (Pufimuss yelkouan) is still under discussion (Altaba, 1993; Vittery,1994). The species is already clearly separated on from the Manx Shearwater. Ricard GUTIERREZ and Jordi FIGUEROLA, Ardeola(42)2, 1995 161-166 Download article download full text (pdf)

Balearic Shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus)

[order] PROCELLARIIFORMES | [family] Procellariidae | [latin] Puffinus mauretanicus | [authority] Lowe, 1921 | [UK] Balearic Shearwater | [FR] Puffin des Baleares | [DE] Balearen-Sturmtaucher | [ES] Pardela Balear | [NL] Vale Pijlstormvogel Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Region Range Puffinus mauretanicus AO e Genus Until recently the shearwaters were devided in two genera Calonectris and […]