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Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinus
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravis
Black-vented ShearwaterPuffinus opisthomelas
Common MurreUria aalge
Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
Barolo ShearwaterPuffinus baroli
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicus
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
Yelkouan ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouan
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 142,734 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 120,335 |
| Massachusetts | 11,473 |
| Canada | 5,087 |
| Maine | 4,232 |
| California | 2,442 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 1,910 |
| Quebec | 1,411 |
| North Carolina | 1,173 |
| Nova Scotia | 920 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Ground nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting on the ground.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Burrow nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in burrows.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Fish eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating fish.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Tubenoses · Procellariiformes |
| Family | Shearwaters and Petrels · Procellariidae |
| Genus | Small Shearwaters · Puffinus |
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Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Manx Shearwater with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.