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Audubon's Shearwater is a name with a long history but is no longer used for a species. The last usage was that it covered the Caribbean species which is now renamed to:
Previously, the name applied to a much larger group of taxa, including at least these:
- Tropical Shearwater
- Persian Shearwater
- Galapagos Shearwater
- Bannerman's Shearwater
- Heinroth's Shearwater
The next two were (prior to becoming full species) most often seen as subspecies of Little Shearwater but as members of this complex by some authorities:
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Avibase (several searches in December 2024)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Audubon's Shearwater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Audubon%27s_Shearwater
