Don't want to see ads? Sign up...




Subantarctic Shearwater


Puffinus elegans

Giglioli, EH; Salvadori, AT, 1869
Pardela Subantártica
Family: Procellariidae
Order: Procellariiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
 Request change

Other common names: Pardela Chica.




Filters


Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern


Description


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.

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

Source: Wikipedia, article Puffinus elegans. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





Geographic distribution


Loading map...



Species photographs

Last published photographs



 Add a photography of this species





Species vocalizations

Last vocalizations published



 Add an audio of this species




Species videos

Last filmings published




 Add a film of this species




Species reports



 Detail of places sorted by number of records





Species records

Count: 2



Page 1 of 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
57568201/10/1993ArgentinaBuenos AiresMar Dorado2Artículo Savigny, C. 2001. Pardela Chica (Puffinus assimilis) y Petrel Gigante Oscuro (Macronectes halli) en las costas continentales argentinas. Nuestras Aves, 42: 21-22. 
57568311/02/1992ArgentinaChubutPlaya Paraná, Golfo Nuevo1Artículo Bos, A. 2006. Registro de Pardela Chica (Puffinus assimilis) en el Golfo Nuevo, provincia del Chubut, Argentina. Nuestras Aves, 51: 21. 
Page 1 of 1

 Add a record of this species

📖
Recommended citation
Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Subantarctic Shearwater (Puffinus elegans) – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 15/09/2026.