BirdUp · Species
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinus(Brünnich, 1764)
Native
- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Puffinus
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The Manx shearwater is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. The scientific name of this species records a name shift: Manx shearwaters were called Manks puffins in the 17th century. Puffin is an Anglo-Norman word for the cured carcasses of nestling shearwaters. The Atlantic puffin acquired the name much later, possibly because of its similar nesting habits.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Islands of subarctic, temperate and subtropical North Atlantic Ocean
- Non-breeding range
- To South Atlantic Ocean waters of Brazil and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego and south-west Africa, mostly over continental shelves
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