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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Procellariiformes > Family: Procellariidae > Genus: Puffinus > Species: Puffinus assimilis > See subspecies

Scientific name	Source
Puffinus assimilis baroli

Little Shearwater - Puffinus assimilis (Gould, 1838)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Not evaluated (IUCN)
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 2 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	47 are designated for this species
Natura 2000 species code	A388

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Not evaluated

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
ES0000040	Spain	Islotes del norte de Lanzarote y Famara	Map
ES0000042	Spain	Dunas de Corralejo e Isla de Lobos	Map
ES0000101	Spain	Lajares, Esquinzo y costa del Jarubio	Map
ES0000103	Spain	El Hierro	Map
ES0000104	Spain	Gorreta y Salmor	Map
ES0000105	Spain	Acantilados de Alajeró, La Dama y Valle Gran Rey	Map
ES0000106	Spain	Teno	Map
ES0000109	Spain	Anaga	Map
ES0000114	Spain	Cumbres y acantilados del norte de La Palma	Map
ES7020046	Spain	Los Roques de Anaga	Map
ES7020066	Spain	Roque de Garachico	Map
PTCOR0001	Portugal	Costa e Caldeirão - Ilha do Corvo	Map
PTDES0001	Portugal	Ilhas Desertas	Map
PTFAI0007	Portugal	Morro de Castelo Branco - Ilha do Faial	Map
PTFLO0003	Portugal	Costa Nordeste - Ilha das Flores	Map
PTGRA0015	Portugal	Ilhéu de Baixo - Restinga Ilha Graciosa	Map
PTPOR0001	Portugal	Ilhéus do Porto Santo	Map
PTSEL0001	Portugal	Ilhas Selvagens	Map
PTZPE0020	Portugal	Costa e Caldeirão - Ilha do Corvo	Map
PTZPE0021	Portugal	Costa Sul e Sudoeste - Ilha das Flores	Map
PTZPE0022	Portugal	Costa Nordeste - Ilha das Flores	Map
PTZPE0028	Portugal	Ilhéu do topo e Costa Adjacente - Ilha de S. Jorge	Map
PTZPE0029	Portugal	Ilhéu de Baixo - Ilha Graciosa	Map
PTZPE0030	Portugal	Ilhéu da Praia - Ilha Graciosa	Map
PTZPE0034	Portugal	Ilhéu da Vila e Costa Adjacente - Ilha de Stª. Maria	Map
ES0000348	Spain	Costa del norte de Fuerteventura	Map
ES0000344	Spain	Roque de la Playa	Map
ES0000341	Spain	Los Órganos	Map
ES0000340	Spain	Roque Negro	Map
ES0000345	Spain	Rasca y Guaza	Map
ES0000339	Spain	Roques de Garafía	Map
ES0000342	Spain	Costa de Majona, El Águila y Avalo	Map
ES0000343	Spain	Acantilados de Santo Domingo	Map
ES0000531	Spain	Espacio marino de La Bocayna	Map
ES0000530	Spain	Espacio marino de Mogán-La Aldea	Map
ES0000532	Spain	Espacio marino de los Islotes de Lanzarote	Map
ES0000527	Spain	Espacio marino de los Acantilados de Santo Domingo y Roque de Garachico	Map
ES0000523	Spain	Espacio marino de la zona occidental de El Hierro	Map
ES0000528	Spain	Espacio marino del Roque de la Playa	Map
ES0000535	Spain	ZEPA Banco de la Concepción	Map
ES0000524	Spain	Espacio marino de los Roques de Salmor	Map
ES0000525	Spain	Espacio marino del norte de La Palma	Map
ES0000529	Spain	Espacio marino de Anaga	Map
ES0000526	Spain	Espacio marino de La Gomera-Teno	Map
PTZPE0062	Portugal	Ilhas Selvagens	Map
PTZPE0063	Portugal	Ilhas Desertas	Map
PTMMD0001	Portugal	Cetáceos da Madeira	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	Annex I: Species that shall be the subject of special conservation measures concerning their habitat in order to ensure their survival and reproduction in their area of distribution. Member States shall classify territories as special protection areas for the conservation of these species.	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex III: protected fauna species (All species of Birds not included in Appendix II)	http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
	Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention lists the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming for the Emerald network]

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Berta minore fosca	Italian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Dvärglira	Swedish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kääpiöliitäjä	Finnish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kis vészmadár	Hungarian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kleine Pijlstormvogel	Dutch	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kleiner Sturmtaucher	German	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Lille skråpe	Danish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Little Shearwater	English	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Pardela Chica	Spanish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Pardela-pequena	Portuguese	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Petit Puffin	French	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Puffin semblable	French	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.

Synonym	Author
All species of Birds not included in Appendix II

Other resources

EBCC Atlas of breeding birds	European Bird Census Council's Atlas of Breeding Birds
EURing code:00480	European bird-ringing
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia
WoRMS	World Register of Marine Species

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