Subantarctic shearwater

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.

Subantarctic shearwater
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Procellariiformes
Family:	Procellariidae
Genus:	Puffinus
Species:	P. elegans
Binomial name
Puffinus elegans Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869
Synonyms
P. assimilis elegans

Taxonomy

The subantarctic shearwater is sometimes considered a subspecies of the little shearwater.