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Newell's shearwater or Hawaiian shearwater (ʻaʻo), (Puffinus newelli) is a seabird in the family Procellariidae. It belongs to a confusing group of shearwaters which are difficult to identify and whose classification is controversial.
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Many shearwaters are long-distance migrants, perhaps most spectacularly sooty shearwaters, which cover distances in excess of 14,000 km (8,700 mi) from their breeding colonies on the Falkland Islands (52°S 60°W) to as far as 70° north latitude in the North Atlantic Ocean off northern Norway, and around New Zealand to as far as 60° north latitude in the North Pacific Ocean off Alaska.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 November 2024. Extinct species of bird Scarlett's shearwater Temporal range: Pleistocene – Holocene Conservation status Extinct Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Procellariiformes Family: Procellariidae Genus: Puffinus Species: † P ...
The family Procellariidae is a group of seabirds that comprises the fulmarine petrels, the gadfly petrels, the diving petrels, the prions, and the shearwaters.This family is part of the bird order Procellariiformes (or tubenoses), which also includes the albatrosses and the storm petrels.
Townsend's shearwater (Puffinus auricularis) is a rare seabird of the tropics from the family Procellariidae. Taxonomy. Its relationships are unresolved.
Puffinus is a genus of seabirds in the order Procellariiformes that contains about 20 small to medium-sized shearwaters.Two other shearwater genera are named: Calonectris, which comprises three or four large shearwaters, and Ardenna with another seven species (formerly often included within Puffinus).
Puffinus puffinus, Manx shearwater breeds in the North Atlantic; ranges to Argentinian and South African water; Puffinus yelkouan, Yelkouan shearwater breeds on central and eastern Mediterranean islands; Puffinus mauretanicus, Balearic shearwater breeds on Balearic Islands; ranges to coastal northern Europe