Puffinus

**Puffinus**
	genus of seabirds in the order Procellariiformes
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Common name
	العربية: جلم الماء; مصرى: جلم الماء; Kotava: Tugolek; български: буревестници; Deutsch: Sturmtaucher; eesti: põhja-tormilind; فارسی: کبوتردریایی‌های آب‌شکاف; suomi: Liitäjät; עברית: יסעור; 日本語: ミズナギドリ属; русский: Настоящие буревестники; Türkçe: Yelkovan kuşu; українська: Буревісник; oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча: Boʻronqushlar; 中文: 剪水鹱属; 中文（中国大陆）: 剪水鹱属; 中文（简体）: 剪水鹱属; 中文（臺灣）: 剪水鸌屬;
Taxonomy
Infraorder	Tetanurae
Clade	Orionides
Clade	Coelurosauria
Clade	Neocoelurosauria
Clade	Maniraptoriformes
Clade	Maniraptora
Class	Aves
Subclass	Neornithes
Infraclass	Neognathae
Superorder	Neoaves
Superorder	Aequornithes
Order	Procellariiformes
Family	Procellariidae
Genus	Puffinus
Taxon author	Mathurin Jacques Brisson, 1760
Authority file
	Q858279; J9U entity ID: 987007548667205171; NCBI taxonomy ID: 30453; ITIS TSN: 174543; Fossilworks taxon ID: 39702; GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update): 5229335; WoRMS-ID for taxa: 137065; Avibase taxon ID: 8E03D9095ACE37D7; New Zealand Organisms Register ID: 5534af21-fa2a-4fd9-8a2c-752dc7e0b4a1; EPPO Code: 1PUFFG; iNaturalist taxon ID: 4092; NBN System Key: NBNSYS0000188653; BOLD Systems taxon ID: 4838; uBio ID: 4323809
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IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Procellariiformes • Familia: Procellariidae • Genus: Puffinus Brisson, 1760

Vernacular names

English: Typical shearwaters

Included species (for IOC classification 5.4):

P. assimilis, P. auricularis, P. bailloni, P. bannermani, P. baroli, P. boydi, P. bryani, P. elegans, P. gavia, P. heinrothi, P. huttoni, P. lherminieri, P. mauretanicus, P. myrtae, P. nativitatis, P. newelli, P. opisthomelas, P. persicus, P. puffinus, P. subalaris, P. yelkouan

Note: 7 species that were placed here in IOC classification 5.3 have been moved to genus Ardenna as species Ardenna bulleri, Ardenna carneipes, Ardenna creatopus, Ardenna gravis, Ardenna grisea, Ardenna pacifica, Ardenna tenuirostris

Included species (for IOC classification 5.3):

P. assimilis, P. auricularis, P. bailloni, P. bannermani, P. baroli, P. boydi, P. bryani, P. bulleri, P. carneipes, P. creatopus, P. gavia, P. gravis, P. griseus, P. heinrothi, P. huttoni, P. lherminieri, P. mauretanicus, P. myrtae, P. nativitatis, P. newelli, P. opisthomelas, P. pacificus, P. persicus, P. puffinus, P. subalaris, P. tenuirostris, P. yelkouan