Yelkouan Shearwater
Puffinus yelkouan
(Acerbi, 1827)
Vulnerable
British & Irish Rarity Status: Rare
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Yelkouan Shearwater © Nature Guides
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Yelkouan Shearwater - Malta © Natalino Fenech
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Yelkouan Shearwater - Trabzon © Kemal Kahraman
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Yelkouan Shearwater - Dorset © Mark Rayment
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Yelkouan Shearwater - Israel © Yoav Perlman
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Yelkouan Shearwater - Britain © Sam Viles
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Yelkouan Shearwater - Britain © Sam Viles
Related Articles
Rarity finders: Britain's 600th bird: Yelkouan Shearwater in Devon
Publish date: 18/02/2016
With the BOURC's announcement that Yelkouan Shearwater becomes the 600th species on the British List, we look at Mike Langman and Mark Darlaston's remarkable discovery on the Devon coast back in 2008.
Manx, Balearic and Yelkouan Shearwaters photo ID guide
Publish date: 21/08/2022
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Genetic analysis shows Balearic and Yelkouan Shearwaters should be lumped
Publish date: 15/12/2022
A range of analyses in a new study has shown that the two taxa are not sufficiently diverged to be considered separate species.
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