Sooty Shearwater

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q27074603
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Sooty Shearwater

Summary

Sooty Shearwater is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (301 views/month, #1,525 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sooty Shearwater's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Sooty Shearwater is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Sooty Shearwater's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Near Threatened[5].
  • Sooty Shearwater belongs to the parent taxon Ardenna[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Sooty Shearwater is Ardenna grisea[7].
  • Sooty Shearwater's Commons category is recorded as Ardenna grisea[8].
  • Sooty Shearwater's Commons gallery is recorded as Ardenna grisea[9].
  • Sooty Shearwater's original combination is recorded as Procellaria grisea[10].
  • Sooty Shearwater's taxon synonym is recorded as Puffinus griseus[11].
  • Sooty Shearwater's short name is recorded as A. grisea[12].
  • Sooty Shearwater is commonly known as Sooty Shearwater[13].
  • Sooty Shearwater is commonly known as Pardela sombría[14].
  • Sooty Shearwater is commonly known as Puffin fuligineux[15].
  • Sooty Shearwater is commonly known as Malbaartjie (Grysvlerkpylstormvoël)[16].
  • Sooty Shearwater is commonly known as Dunkelsturmtaucher[17].
  • Sooty Shearwater is commonly known as Gráskrofa[18].
  • Sooty Shearwater is commonly known as Grauwe Pijlstormvogel[19].
  • Sooty Shearwater is commonly known as Sodfarvet Skråpe[20].
  • Sooty Shearwater is commonly known as Grålire[21].
  • Sooty Shearwater is commonly known as Berta grigia[22].
  • Sooty Shearwater is commonly known as Серый буревестник[23].
  • Sooty Shearwater is commonly known as ハイイロミズナギドリ[24].
  • Sooty Shearwater is commonly known as nokiliitäjä[25].
  • Sooty Shearwater is commonly known as szürke vészmadár[26].
  • Sooty Shearwater is commonly known as burzyk szary[27].

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Classification

Sooty Shearwater's scientific name is Ardenna grisea[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Ardenna[6]. Recorded taxon common name include it[13], Pardela sombría[14], Puffin fuligineux[15], Malbaartjie (Grysvlerkpylstormvoël)[16], Dunkelsturmtaucher[17], and Gráskrofa[18].

Identifiers

Sooty Shearwater's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 502899[28]. Sooty Shearwater's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 37052[29]. Sooty Shearwater's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8249990[30].

Why It Matters

Sooty Shearwater ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (301 views/month, #1,525 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · TerrorBite · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14516 → Q140084497
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Added EPBC conservation status (P14516) using data from https://www.environment.gov.au"
  2. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Original combination → Procellaria grisea
    Taxon rank → species
    Taxon range → Brazil, South America
    Instance of → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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