---
title: "Burzyk balearski"
description: "Puffinus mauretanicus — Ptaki. The Balearic shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus) is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/balearic-shearwater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Burzyk balearski

> Puffinus mauretanicus — Ptaki. The Balearic shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus) is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae.

- Scientific name: *Puffinus mauretanicus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 930
- Wikidata: [Q704081](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q704081)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73315](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73315)

## Names

- en: Balearic Shearwater
- de: Balearensturmtaucher
- es: Pardela balear
- fr: Puffin des Baléares
- nl: Vale pijlstormvogel
- pt: Pardela-do-mediterrâneo
- pl: Burzyk balearski

## Countries with the most observations

ES (182), PT (153), FR (123), DZ (33), GB (20)

## Summary

The Balearic shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus) is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. Puffinus is a Neo-Latin loanword based on the English "puffin" and its variants, that referred to the cured carcass of the fat nestling of the Manx shearwater, a former delicacy. The specific mauretanicus refers to Mauretania, an old name for an area of North Africa roughly corresponding to Morocco and Algeria. The Balearic Shearwater is listed critically endangered by the IUCN and is one of Europe's most endangered seabirds.

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

## Photo

![Burzyk balearski](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/balearic-shearwater/medium.jpg)

Photo: karim Attouche · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/257910728

## Machine access

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