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  Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)

Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus photo
Manx Shearwater

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Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus photo
Manx Shearwater flying in Iceland

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Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus photo
two Manx Shearwater flying in Iceland

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MANX SHEARWATER FACTS

distribution map showing range of Puffinus puffinus in Australia

Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.



Classification
Class:Aves
Order:Procellariiformes
Family:Procellariidae
Genus:Puffinus
Species:puffinus
Common Name:Manx Shearwater

Relatives in same Genus
  Bullers Shearwater (P. bulleri)
  Flesh-footed Shearwater (P. carneipes)
  Pink-footed Shearwater (P. creatopus)
  Fluttering Shearwater (P. gavia)
  Great Shearwater (P. gravis)
  Sooty Shearwater (P. griseus)
  Huttons Shearwater (P. huttoni)
  Audubons Shearwater (P. lherminieri)
  Wedge-tailed Shearwater (P. pacificus)
  Short-tailed Shearwater (P. tenuirostris)