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[[Image:Manx_Shearwater.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Glen Tepke]]
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[[Image:Manx_Shearwater.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Glen Tepke <br/> Photo taken in Gulf of Maine southeast of Bar Harbor, Maine, USA, 7/26/04.]]
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
Photo taken in Gulf of Maine southeast of Bar Harbor, Maine, USA, 7/26/04.
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34 cm.  Blackish or dark brown upper parts, white below, white wing linings, white crescent behind eye, short tail.
 
 
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==
 
==Distribution==
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Grassy slopes of islands, often at some distance from the sea
 
Grassy slopes of islands, often at some distance from the sea
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
Nests colonially in burrows. Visits burrows after dark, strictly pelagic when not breeding.
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Nests colonially in burrows.  
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
==Bird Song==
 
==Bird Song==

Revision as of 16:28, 16 October 2007

Puffinus puffinus
Photo by Glen Tepke
Photo taken in Gulf of Maine southeast of Bar Harbor, Maine, USA, 7/26/04.

Identification

34 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.

External Links

Bird Song

<flashmp3>Puffinus puffinus (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program

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