- The
Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) is a medium-sized
shearwater in the
seabird family Procellariidae. The
scientific name of this
species records...
- species, like the
Manx shearwater are
cruciform in flight, with
their long
wings held
directly out from
their bodies. Many
shearwaters are long-distance...
- was
formerly treated as a
subspecies of the
Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus). The
yelkouan shearwater was
formally described in 1827 by the Italian...
- variants, that
referred to the
cured carc**** of the fat
nestling of the
Manx shearwater, a
former delicacy. The
specific mauretanicus refers to Mauretania...
- well
known for its wildlife:
around half the world's po****tion of
Manx shearwaters nest on the island, the
Atlantic puffin colony is the
largest in southern...
-
shearwaters which are
difficult to
identify and
whose classification is controversial. It was
formerly treated as a
subspecies of the
Manx shearwater...
- in
length with a 58–67 cm (23–26 in) wingspan, it is like a
small Manx shearwater but has
proportionally shorter and
broader wings, with a pale area...
-
applied to the fatty,
salted meat of
young birds of the
unrelated Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus),
formerly known as the "Manks puffin".
Puffin is...
- the area
giganto cellularis, has been
found in the
Manx shearwater,
Kerguelen petrel,
great shearwater, broad-billed
prion and
common diving-petrel. It...
-
including the Sarg****o
shearwater,
tropical shearwater, Boyd's
shearwater,
Barolo shearwater, Bannerman's
shearwater, and
Persian shearwater.
These small seabirds...
