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Sargasso Shearwater

Puffinus lherminieri

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 376, February 452, March 419, April 671, May 673, June 406, July 325, August 308, September 397, October 391, November 303, December 346.
United States9,169
North Carolina5,066
Texas1,407
South Carolina246
New Jersey46
Alabama39
Georgia20
Virginia20
Canada19
New York17

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderTubenoses · Procellariiformes
FamilyShearwaters and Petrels · Procellariidae
GenusSmall Shearwaters · Puffinus

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