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 CR    Balearic Shearwater* Id (Atlas):
    Puffinus mauretanicus Vagrant

Description (10)
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Family
Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters)

Size
34 - 39 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lowe, 1921

Habitat
Breeds on offshore islands in the western Mediterranean, otherwise marine, pelagic.

Range (Guide)
Algeria, Eastern Central Atlantic (NB), France (P), Gibraltar (NB), Ireland, Mediterranean and Black Sea (B) (NB), Morocco, Northeast Atlantic (NB), Portugal (NB) (P), Spain (B), Tunisia (NB) (P), United Kingdom (P).

Vagrant to Belgium, Cape Verde, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Italy, Netherlands Antilles, Norway, Poland, Sweden.

Population
Estimated population is 6,000 - 10,000 (2010) and decreasing.

Status CR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Small fish, squid, and small crustaceans.

Voice
Generally silent in its European habitat.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

 
Balearic Shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus) [XC580250]
     by eloisa matheu from Balearic Islands, Balearic Islands, Spain (song)

 
Balearic Shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus) [XC645385]
     by id from Dragonera, Illes Balears, Illes Balears, Spain (call, song)

Nest
At the end of a burrow.

Eggs (Guide)
1; white.

Subspecies
Puffinus yelkouan (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Yelkouan Shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan) and Balearic Shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus) following Brooke (2004).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus).

No subspecies.


References
See References.

The Reader's Digest Book of British Birds 1980, 3rd Edition, Drive Publications Ltd ISBN 0 340 25308 8
Birds in Colour Campbell, B., 1960, Penguin Books Ltd
The Pocket Guide to Nest and Eggs Fitter, R.S.R., 1954, Collins
RSPB Handbook of British Birds Holden, P., Cleeves, T., 2002, A & C Black ISBN 0 7136 5713 8
Birds of Britain and Europe Sterry, P., et al., 2001, AA Publishing ISBN 0 7495 3068 5
The Popular Handbook of British Birds Hollom, P.A.D., 1973, H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd ISBN 0 85493 002 7


Files:
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