Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) - HBW 1, p. 255
French: Puffin des Anglais
German: Schwarzschnabel Sturmtaucher
Spanish: Pardela Pichoneta
Taxonomy: Procellaria puffinus Brünnich, 1764, Faeroes and Norway.
Closely allied to P. yelkouan, P. huttoni, P. opisthomelas, P. auricularis and P. gavia, all of which have been considered races of present species. Monotypic.
Distribution: N Atlantic: islets off Massachusetts and Newfoundland; S Iceland S through Faeroes and British Isles to NW France; Azores though Madeira and Desertas Is to Canary Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An exhausted individual resting on the shoreline of an inland saline lagoon Locality Neumann's Flash, Northwich, Cheshire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 14 September 2011 20 weeks ago 41 sec 3.7
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In flight showing underwing
Locality Isles of Scilly, England, Great Britain
ben lascelles 2 July 2005 2 years ago 4.2 -
Bird in hand
Locality Cape Clear Island, County Cork, Ireland
Desmond Allen 1 August 1980 10 weeks ago 3.7 -
bird skimming the waves
Locality Scotland, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Arthur Grosset 9 August 2003 2 years ago 3.5
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