Puffinus puffinus
Translingual
Etymology
Named by a scientist who mistakenly thought the chick he was describing was a puffin.[1]
Proper noun
Puffinus puffinus m
- A taxonomic species within the family Procellariidae – the Manx shearwater.
Hyponyms
- (species): Procellariiformes - order; Procellariidae - family; Puffinus - genus
Derived terms
- Puffinus puffinus auricularis
- Puffinus puffinus bermudae
- Puffinus puffinus mauretanicus
- Puffinus puffinus newelli
- Puffinus puffinus opisthomelas
- Puffinus puffinus puffinus
- Puffinus puffinus tenuirostris
- Puffinus puffinus yelkouan
References
- Puffinus puffinus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Puffinus puffinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Puffinus puffinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Puffinus puffinus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Puffinus puffinus at the Catalogue of Life
- Puffinus puffinus at Encyclopedia of Life
- Puffinus puffinus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Puffinus puffinus at Paleology Database
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
- The Contemporary Review (1938), volume 154, page 86