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Heinroth's Shearwater
Puffinus heinrothi Reichenow, 1919
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Heinroth's shearwater (Puffinus heinrothi) is a poorly known seabird in the family Procellariidae. Probably a close relative of the little shearwater or Audubon's shearwater (with which it is sometimes considered conspecific), it is distinguished by a long and slender bill and a brown-washed underside.
This species is restricted to the seas around the Bismarck Archipelago and northern Solomon Islands. The breeding sites of the species have never been found, although reports of individuals (including recently fledged chicks) on Bougainville and Kolombangara strongly suggest that they breed there, possibly high in the mountains (an inference based on the breeding behaviour of close relatives). There is very little information about the species and it is uncertain if it is threatened or in decline.
Wikipedia contributors, Heinroth's shearwater; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:49:23.355667+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Puffinus heinrothi Reichenow, 1919
- Name authority
- Reichenow, 1919
- Common name
- Heinroth's Shearwater
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Puffinus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderProcellariiformes
- familyProcellariidae Leach, 1820
- genusPuffinus Brisson, 1760
- speciesPuffinus heinrothi Reichenow, 1919
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Puffinus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Boyd's ShearwaterPuffinus boydi Mathews, 1912 | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicus Lowe, 1921 | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Galapagos ShearwaterPuffinus subalaris Ridgway, 1897 | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yelkouan ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouan (Acerbi, 1827) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloni (Bonaparte, 1857) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Subantarctic ShearwaterPuffinus elegans Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869 | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little ShearwaterPuffinus assimilis Gould, 1838 | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| 'A'oPuffinus auricularis C. H. Townsend, 1890 | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bannerman's ShearwaterPuffinus bannermani Mathews & Iredale, 1915 | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barolo ShearwaterPuffinus baroli (Bonaparte, 1857) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bryan's ShearwaterPuffinus bryani Pyle, Welch & R. C. Fleischer, 2011 | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fluttering ShearwaterPuffinus gavia (J. R. Forster, 1844) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Puffinus lherminieri heinrothi Reichenow, 1919 Reichenow, 1919 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Reichenow, & Anton. (1919). Bericht über die Dezembersitzung 1919. Journal Für Ornithologie, Vol. 67. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4QFXS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.