Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus   [PR Lowe, 1921]

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Order: Procellariiformes Family: Procellariidae
BTO Codes: YQ, BALSH EURING No: 463
Number in Britain: 2000 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK: RED
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 Puffinus 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
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