Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Puffinus griseus
Pufino negro, Sooty Shearwater
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Procellariidae
Genus
Puffinus
Species
griseus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Ardenna grisea Gmelin, 1789
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: There are two skins and two skeletons in the MECCD, from Punta Tortuga, Isabela, from Punta Espinosa, Fernandina and from Academy Bay, Santa Cruz. The records on view are from Puerto Villamil, Isabela.
- Curry, R.L. Stoleson, S.H. (1988) New bird records from the Galapagos associated with the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. Condor 90(2): 505-507.
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Harris, M.P. (1982) A field guide to the birds of Galápagos. Collins, London, 2nd ed., 160 pp.
- Harris, M.P. (1973) The Galápagos avifauna. Condor 75(3): 265-278.
- IUCN (2015) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2015.
- Lévêque, R. Bowman, R.I. & Billeb, S.L.. (1966) Migrants in the Galapagos area. Condor 68(1): 81-101.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Puffinus griseus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5169. Accessed 31 October 2026.