Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)
Christmas Shearwater (Puffinus nativitatis) - HBW 1, p. 254
French: Puffin de la Nativité
German: Weihnachtssturmtaucher
Spanish: Pardela de la Christmas
Other common names: Black Shearwater
Taxonomy: Puffinus (Nectris) nativitatis Streets, 1877, Christmas Island, Pacific Ocean.
Monotypic.
Distribution: C Pacific, from Hawaii S to Phoenix Is, and thence E to Marquesas Is and Easter I.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird at a typical nesting site Locality Cook Island, Kiritimati (Christmas) Island, Line Islands, Kiribati (Monotypic species)
Peter Fraser 2 September 2008 2 years ago 31 sec 4 -
A bird flying over a small breeding colony. Locality Cook Island, Kiritimati (Christmas) Island, Line Islands, Kiribati (Monotypic species)
Peter Fraser 2 September 2008 2 years ago 16 sec 3
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