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Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus [PR Lowe, 1921]


	Order: Procellariiformes	Family: Procellariidae
	BTO Codes: YQ , BALSH	EURING No: 463
	Number in Britain: 2000 records/year
	Conservation Status:
	UK: Unlisted
	European: 1 Global Conservation Concern; Critically Endangered
	Global: Critically Endangered ( Details )
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Status in UK: (A) Passage Visitor
Subspecies: Monotypic
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Length: 36 cm	Wingspan: 88 cm	Weight: M/F: 520 g

Scientific name from:	English: puffin (from puff+ing) and after Mauretania
World Distribution:	BREEDS: Balearic Islands, RANGES: Mediterranean & coastal waters of e Atlantic

Habitat:	Pelagic, breeds in island burrows
Diet:	Mostly small fish and squid from surface or below
TitBit:	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


Other Names

Split from P. puffinus

Gaelic:	Welsh: Aderyn-Drycin Môr y Canoldir
Danish: Middelhavsskråpe	Dutch: Vale pijlstormvogel
Finnish:	French: Puffin des Baléares
German: Balearensturmtaucher	Hungarian:
Icelandic:	Irish: Cánóg Bhailéarach
Italian: Berta minore delle Baleari	Norwegian: Middelhavslire
Polish: Burzyk balearski	Portuguese: Pardela-sombria das Baleares
Spanish: Pardela Mediterránea occidental	Swedish: Medelhavslira

For More Information...

Books and Monographs:

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

See Also:

Wikipedia entry

European Species Action Plan

Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides.com

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