The Manx Shearwater – Puffinus puffinus is a mid-sized Atlantic shearwater of Type – seabird, Family Procellariidae and Order Procellariiformes. It breeds on both sides of the N Atlantic and outside of the breeding season it is pelagic over the Atlantic Ocean from the Arctic to offshore S America and the Falklands. In the AWB Region, the nearest breeding colonies are found in the Canary islands, and outside of the breeding season it can be found in Atlantic offshore waters from Gibraltar to Mauritania.
Type - seabird - colonial, nocturnal nesters in burrows on small islands, Summer Habitat - Islands of the N Atlantic, Winter Habitat - pelagic Atlantic Ocean, offshore S America, Order: Procellariiformes Family: Procellariidae Genus: Puffinus Species - Puffinus puffinus Manx Shearwater - Species - ebird.org Manx Shearwater - Species sheet - wikipedia.org Manx Shearwater - Species - welshwildlife.org Manx Shearwater - Birds - birdwatchireland.ie Manx Shearwater - Sounds & Maps - xeno-canto.org Additional Material... Manx Shearwater - Images - google.com Manx Shearwater - Video - youtube.com Manx Shearwater - Datazone - birdlife.org