Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Puffinus subalaris
Pardela de Galápagos, Pufino de Galápagos, Galapagos' Shearwater
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Procellariidae
Genus
Puffinus
Species
subalaris
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Puffinus lherminieri subalaris Ridgway, 1897 (Integrated Taxonomic Information System, 2021)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: On islets and the cliffs of the larger islands.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Puffinus subalaris", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5171. Accessed 19 June 2026.