Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels
Subantarctic Shearwater
Puffinus elegans
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels (Procellariidae)
- Order
- Procellariiformes
Overview
The subantarctic shearwater (Puffinus elegans) is a small bird species which breeds in Tristan da Cunha, islands of the southern Indian Ocean and New Zealand Subantarctic Islands.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Breeds Tristan da Cunha and Gough (Atlantic), and Chatham and Antipodes islands (New Zealand); ranges in South Atlantic to Falkland Islands and southwestern Africa, and widely in South Pacific from southern New Zealand to south-central Chilean coast.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
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Countries
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Subantarctic shearwater
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
