Puffinus temptator

Austin, Bretagnolle & Pasquet (2004:852) mention P. temptator as a 'species'. However, the same table lists five taxa that (p. 858) 'should be synonymized' (e.g. P. loyemilleri with P. lherminieri), indicating that this is not a formal nomenclatorial act. Instead they recognise 13 'lower-level' and three 'higher-level' taxa in the 'Puffinus assimilis-lherminieri'-complex. Unfortunately no systematical interpretation (at species or subspecies level) of their results is made, so the status of the taxon temptator remains unclear, and is best treated at species level until its relations are clarified, see Louette (2004:96).