Order: Procellariformes | Family: Procellariidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Galapagos Islands
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Galapagos Islands
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Galapagos Islands
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Galapagos Islands
Status: The Galapagos Shearwater is known in pelagic waters of north and central Peru on the basis of undocumented sight records. It also occurs in Co and Ec.
Name in Spanish: Pardela de las Galápagos.
Sub-species: Galapagos Shearwater (Puffinus subalaris), Ridgway, 1897.
Meaning of Name: Puffinus: English name Puffin (c. 1508), applied to the cured carcass of the nestling shearwater. subalalaris: L. sub= underneath and ala= armpit, wing. Subalaris= under the wings, under-wing.

Voice
Generally silent at sea.
References:
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2017.