Tropical Shearwater (Puffinus bailloni)
About the Tropical Shearwater
The tropical shearwater (Puffinus bailloni) is a seabird in the family Procellariidae formerly considered conspecific with Audubon's shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri). There are five listed subspecies of the tropical shearwater: Puffinus bailloni nicolae – (Jouanin, 1971): breeds on islands in the northwest Indian Ocean. Puffinus bailloni colstoni – (Shirihai & Christie, 1996): breeds in the Aldabra Islands in the Seychelles. Puffinus bailloni bailloni – (Bonaparte, 1857): Mauritius, Réunion & Europa Island. Puffinus bailloni dichrous – (Finsch & Hartlaub, 1867): Central Pacific islands. Puffinus bailloni gunax – (Mathews, 1930): Vanuatu.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 18 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Australia, France, Vanuatu in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.