Yelkouan Shearwater

Puffinus yelkouan (Acerbi, 1827) YELSH 462
Family: Procellariiformes > Procellariidae

Yelkouan Shearwater, Brendan Doe

The Mediterranean counterpart of the Manx Shearwater (which it closely resembles), the Yelkouan Shearwater derives its curious name from the the Turkish word 'Yelkovan', which means 'wind-chaser'. This is an extremely rare visitor to British & Irish waters.

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  • Breeding
  • Winter
109 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
109 records

BTO RECORDS

109 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
109 records

BTO RECORDS

Identification

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Status and Trends

Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.

CONSERVATION STATUS

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

POPULATION SIZE

We have no population estimates for this scarce species.

Movement

Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

RINGING RECOVERIES

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information about Yelkouan Shearwater, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

For information in another language (where available) click on a linked name

Catalan: baldriga mediterrània
Czech: burnák stredomorský
Danish: Middelhavs-skråpe
Dutch: Yelkouanpijlstormvogel
Estonian: vahemere tormilind
Finnish: idänpikkuliitäjä (levantinliitäjä)
French: Puffin yelkouan
German: Mittelmeer-Sturmtaucher
Hungarian: bukdosó vészmadár
Icelandic: Stormskrofa
Italian: Berta minore
Latvian: Vidusjuras vetrasputns
Lithuanian: viduržemine audronaša
Norwegian: Middelhavslire
Polish: burzyk sródziemnomorski
Portuguese: fura-bucho-do-mediterrâneo
Slovak: víchrovník hnedastý
Slovenian: sredozemski viharnik
Spanish: Pardela mediterránea
Swedish: medelhavslira

Links to more studies from ConservationEvidence.com

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