Puffinus huttoni Mathews, 1912

Hutton's shearwater, Kaikōura Tītī (Māori)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

A complete synonymy taken from (Checklist Committee (OSNZ), 2022:157):

Puffinus reinholdi huttoni Mathews, 1912: Birds Australia 2: 47 (key), 77 – Snares Island.; Reinholdia reinholdi huttoni (Mathews); Mathews & Iredale 1913, Ibis 1 (10th series): 226.; Reinholdia gavia huttoni (Mathews); Mathews 1927, Syst. Avium Australasianarum 1: 112.; Puffinus leptorhynchus Mathews, 1937: Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club 57: 143 – Bunbury, Western Australia.; Puffinus puffinus huttoni Mathews; R. Murphy 1952, American Museum Novit. 1586: 18.; Puffinus gavia huttoni Mathews; Checklist Committee 1953, Checklist N.Z. Birds: 21.; Puffinus huttoni Mathews; Checklist Committee 1970, Annot. Checklist Birds N.Z.: 28.; Puffinus (Puffinus) huttoni Mathews; Checklist Committee 1990, Checklist Birds N.Z.: 28.

Conservation Status

Rediscovered in 1964

IUCN RedList status: Endangered

Distribution

New Zealand

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Mathews 1912 BirdsAustr.[Mathews] 2 p.47,77

Other references:

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