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title: "Fluttering Shearwater"
description: "Puffinus gavia — Uccelli. The fluttering shearwater (Puffinus gavia) is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/fluttering-shearwater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fluttering Shearwater

> Puffinus gavia — Uccelli. The fluttering shearwater (Puffinus gavia) is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae.

- Scientific name: *Puffinus gavia*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2196
- Wikidata: [Q1261182](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1261182)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4102](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4102)

## Names

- en: Fluttering Shearwater
- de: Flattersturmtaucher
- es: Pardela gavia
- fr: Puffin volage
- nl: Vlinderpijlstormvogel
- pl: Burzyk nowozelandzki

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (1302), AU (167)

## Summary

The fluttering shearwater (Puffinus gavia) is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae. It is endemic to New Zealand and migrates to Australia and the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitats are open seas and rocky shores. It has been known as Forster's shearwater in the past.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluttering_shearwater

## Photo

![Fluttering Shearwater](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fluttering-shearwater/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sunita Singh · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/110511437

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/fluttering-shearwater?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).