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- Puffinus puffinus
Identification
34 cm. Blackish or dark brown upper parts, white below, white wing linings, white crescent behind eye, short tail.
Similar Species
Audubon's Shearwater is slightly smaller with shorter less-pointed wings, dark undertail coverts, and white spot near eyes.
Cory's Shearwater is much larger with much lighter brown body and wings, heavy yellow bill and white tail band.
Great Shearwater is much larger with lighter body, smudgy brown belly, neat cap, narrow pointed wings. and white tail band.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Habitat
Grassy slopes of islands, often at some distance from the sea
Behaviour
Nests colonially in burrows.
External Links
Vocalisation
<flashmp3>Puffinus puffinus (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
