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;Puffinus puffinus | ;Puffinus puffinus | ||
[[Image:Manx_Shearwater.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Glen Tepke]] | [[Image:Manx_Shearwater.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Glen Tepke]] | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Photo taken in Gulf of Maine southeast of Bar Harbor, Maine, USA, 7/26/04. | Photo taken in Gulf of Maine southeast of Bar Harbor, Maine, USA, 7/26/04. | ||
| − | Habitat | + | Length 13.5" (34 cm), wingspan 33" (84 cm). Blackish or dark brown upper parts, white below, white wing linings, white crescent behind eye, short tail. |
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| + | ==Distribution== | ||
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| + | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Grassy slopes of islands, often at some distance from the sea | ||
| + | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | Nests colonially in burrows. Visits burrows after dark, strictly pelagic when not breeding. | ||
| + | ==External Links== | ||
==Bird Song== | ==Bird Song== | ||
<flashmp3>Puffinus puffinus (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | <flashmp3>Puffinus puffinus (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | ||
''[[Media:Puffinus puffinus (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ''[[Media:Puffinus puffinus (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ||
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*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=manx+shearwater View more images of Manx Shearwater in the gallery] | *[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=manx+shearwater View more images of Manx Shearwater in the gallery] | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
Revision as of 13:20, 5 June 2007
- Puffinus puffinus
Identification
Photo taken in Gulf of Maine southeast of Bar Harbor, Maine, USA, 7/26/04.
Length 13.5" (34 cm), wingspan 33" (84 cm). Blackish or dark brown upper parts, white below, white wing linings, white crescent behind eye, short tail.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Habitat
Grassy slopes of islands, often at some distance from the sea
Behaviour
Nests colonially in burrows. Visits burrows after dark, strictly pelagic when not breeding.
External Links
Bird Song
<flashmp3>Puffinus puffinus (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
