Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Manx Shearwater Flea (Ceratophyllus fionnus), recorded as Critically Endangered
Manx Shearwater Flea (Ceratophyllus fionnus). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Manx Shearwater Flea

Ceratophyllus fionnus

Manx Shearwater Flea is a pulgas.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Ceratophyllus fionnus
Recorded from
United Kingdom
Taxonomy
Insecta · Siphonaptera · Ceratophyllidae · Ceratophyllus

The flea

It was first described by Usher in 1968.

An insect has six legs and, in winged forms, one or two pairs of wings. Most named species in this catalog are known from a type series and a locality, not from a popular field guide.

Range and habitat

Manx Shearwater Flea is recorded from United Kingdom.

GBIF currently lists 5 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Life history

Life history follows the order: complete metamorphosis in moths and beetles, nymphs in grasshoppers and bugs. This page does not invent a host plant that no source named.

In crisis

Manx Shearwater Flea is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Manx Shearwater Flea — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q10445974 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Manx Shearwater Flea?
Manx Shearwater Flea is a pulgas.
What is the conservation status of Manx Shearwater Flea?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Ceratophyllus fionnus. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Manx Shearwater Flea live?
Manx Shearwater Flea is a pulgas.
Why is Manx Shearwater Flea in crisis?
It is Critically Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Ceratophyllus fionnus?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Manx Shearwater Flea a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.