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Category:Puffinus

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Shape of bill of a Great Shearwater, typical for a PuffinusPhoto by njlarsenLocation: Dominicaclick on image to see a larger version
Shape of bill of a Great Shearwater, typical for a Puffinus
Photo by njlarsen
Location: Dominica
click on image to see a larger version

Genus: Puffinus

[edit] Description

As typical Tubenoses, these birds have tubes where nostrils normally are, as well as webbed feet. The bill shape is characteristic: compared to for example a Pterodroma, this bill is equally wide at the nostrils but 60% longer.

[edit] Taxonomy

Puffinus is a genus in the family Procellariidae.

Genus Puffinus view • edit
P. creatopus Pink-footed Shearwater
P. carneipes Flesh-footed Shearwater
P. gravis Great Shearwater
P. pacificus Wedge-tailed Shearwater
P. bulleri Buller's Shearwater
P. griseus Sooty Shearwater
P. tenuirostris Short-tailed Shearwater
P. nativitatis Christmas Shearwater
P. subalaris Galapagos Shearwater
P. puffinus Manx Shearwater
P. yelkouan Yelkouan Shearwater
P. mauretanicus Balearic Shearwater
P. huttoni Hutton's Shearwater
P. auricularis Townsend's Shearwater
P. bryani Bryan's Shearwater
P. opisthomelas Black-vented Shearwater
P. gavia Fluttering Shearwater
P. assimilis Little Shearwater
P. baroli Barolo Shearwater
P. boydi Boyd's Shearwater
P. lherminieri Audubon's Shearwater
P. bailloni Tropical Shearwater
P. persicus Persian Shearwater
P. heinrothi Heinroth's Shearwater

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