Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus [PR Lowe, 1921] |
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Order:
Procellariiformes
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Family: Procellariidae |
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BTO Codes:
YQ, BALSH
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EURING No: 463 | |
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Number in Britain:
2000 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Passage Visitor
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
36 cm
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Wingspan: 88 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 520 g
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Scientific name from:
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English: puffin (from puff+ing) and after Mauretania |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: Balearic Islands, RANGES: Mediterranean & coastal waters of e Atlantic |
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Habitat:
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Pelagic, breeds in island burrows |
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Diet:
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Mostly small fish and squid from surface or below |
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These birds breed only in the Mediterranean (in Jan/Feb) and are unusual as they migrate northwards after breeding, moulting in the Bay of Biscay, before moving south to west Africa for the winter. |
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Split from Puffinus puffinus
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: Aderyn-Drycin Môr y Canoldir |
| Danish: Middelhavsskråpe | Dutch: Vale pijlstormvogel |
| Finnish: | French: Puffin des Baléares |
| German: Balearensturmtaucher | Hungarian: |
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Irish:
Cánóg Bhailéarach
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| Italian: Berta minore delle Baleari | Norwegian: Middelhavslire |
| Polish: Burzyk balearski | Portuguese: Pardela-sombria das Baleares |
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Spanish:
Pardela Mediterránea occidental
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Swedish: Medelhavslira |
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For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| Brooke, M. de L. 2004 Albatrosses and petrels across the world Oxford University Press, Oxford [598.44 BRO] | |
| Wynn, R.B. & Yesou, P. 2007 The changing status of Balearic Shearwater in northwest European waters British Birds 100:392-406 | |
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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European Species Action Plan
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