Yelkouan Shearwater

The Yelkouan Shearwater, Levantine Shearwater or Mediterranean Shearwater is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae.

The Yelkouan Shearwater is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.

The Yelkouan Shearwater has a more contrasted appearance than the Balearic Shearwater with which its winter range overlaps, since the latter species is brown above and dirty white below. It is very similar to the black-and-white Manx Shearwater of the Atlantic, and stray birds out of their usual range are very difficult to identify with certainty. Also, at least one mixed breeding colony of the Yelkouan and the Balearic Shearwater exists on Minorca. More

Yelkouan Shearwater may have suffered a marked population decline historically and thus, while not threatened judging from its absolute numbers, could be vulnerable to adverse effects of inbreeding. This is a gregarious species, which can be seen in large numbers from boats or headlands, especially on in autumn. It is under some threat from the development of holiday resorts near its breeding sites, and also from animals such as cats and rats. The Yelkoan Shearwater feeds on fish and molluscs. More

Malta and Greece team up to protect Malta's Yelkouan Shearwater in the Aegean Sea Malta and Greece team up to protect Malta's Yelkouan Shearwater in the Aegean Sea Thursday, 20 August 2009 Scientific data gathered by the EU LIFE Yelkouan Shearwater project in Malta over the last month has highlighted the importance of the Aegean Sea for young Maltese Yelkouan Shearwater, a globally threatened migratory seabird which appears to spend a significant amount of time in Greek waters in the months immediately after fledging More

species which includes the Yelkouan Shearwater (Austin 1996) and one to three prehistorically extinct taxa, Hole's and possibly also Olson's Shearwater and an undescribed form of unclear distinctness from Menorca (Alcover 2001). Hole's Shearwater may be the closest known relative of P. mauretanicus. The two living Mediterranean lineages had probably separated before the end of the Pliocene (c. More

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Chasing the Wind Chaser - Yelkouan Shearwaters in Malta - Yelkouan Shearwater, copyright M Borg Cardona by Helen Raine (Project Manager, EU LIFE Yelkouan Shearwater Project) - The story of the Yelkouan Shearwaters' annual pilgrimage to Malta begins in November. More

EU LIFE Yelkouan Shearwater Project: FKNK criticism based on sheer lack of understanding More

The Yelkouan Shearwater or Levantine Shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan) is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Manx Shearwater (Harrison 1988); see there for more on the Puffinus puffinus superspecies. More

* Maltese Yelkouan Shearwaters arrive in Greece * Yelkouan Shearwaters tagged with tracking devices return to Malta * Maltese Shearwater travels to Senegal * Maltese work to reduce seabird by-catch is warmly received * Malta’s secretive bird uplisted to Near Threatened on the 2008 Red List for wild birds More

* Maltese Yelkouan Shearwaters arrive in Greece * The secret journeys of the Yelkouan Shearwater – BirdLife * European Commission urges FKNK to stop Smear Campaign * The EU LIFE Yelkouan Shearwater Project – Interesting facts * Boat operators and conservationists team up to protect the Yelkouan Shearwater * Malta’s Yelkouan Shearwater Project draws international More

Images previous Yelkouan shearwater imageYelkouan shearwater flying over surface of water © Frédéric Pawlowski / Biosphotonext Yelkouan shearwater imageYelkouan shearwater flying over surface of water Species related by - * Family group * Habitat * Conservation status * * View image slideshow * Link to this image * Email to a friend More

The Yelkouan Shearwater Project is Malta’s largest conservation initiative. It is important because the Maltese Islands are home to approximately 10% of the world’s population of Yelkouan Shearwaters (Puffinus yelkouan). The main aim of the project is to protect the birds at the largest breeding site, Rdum tal-Madonna, in the North of Malta. The Project will also improve this protected site for wildlife and visitors. More

For the purposes of our bird news services, Yelkouan Shearwater is classed as Mega: species which have not yet occurred in the British Isles or are exceedingly rare, or are otherwise highly desirable. More

This species and Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan were formerly lumped as one species, Mediterranean Shearwater. A scarce migrant in Norfolk with occasional birds being seen during seawatches every autumn. They're more numerous in the south-west but these photos were taken during a pelagic boat-trip into the Mediterranean. They're scans from prints and the original image was very small so there's no larger version available. More

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