Persian shearwater

Weight

130 g – 194.5 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

19 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

marinesrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

51 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

6.75 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Aquaticsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Partialsrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The persian shearwater is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderProcellariiformes
5. familyProcellariidae
6. genusPuffinus
7. SpeciesPuffinus persicus Hume, 1872

Synonyms Puffinus assimilis persicus, Puffinus lherminieri persicus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Manx shearwater

Puffinus puffinus

Procellariidae

CR, Critically Endangered

Balearic shearwater

Puffinus mauretanicus

Procellariidae

LC, Least Concern

Sargasso shearwater

Puffinus lherminieri

Procellariidae

LC, Least Concern

Little shearwater

Puffinus assimilis

Procellariidae

VU, Vulnerable

Yelkouan shearwater

Puffinus yelkouan

Procellariidae

LC, Least Concern

Christmas shearwater

Puffinus nativitatis

Procellariidae

ComparePersian shearwater vs Manx shearwaterPersian shearwater vs Balearic shearwaterPersian shearwater vs Sargasso shearwaterPersian shearwater vs Little shearwater

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@misc{persian_shearwater_2026,
  title = {Persian shearwater (Puffinus persicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/persian-shearwater},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}