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Black-vented Shearwater

Puffinus opisthomelas

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) woodswoman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.

United States	75,351
California	75,278
Oregon	56
Mexico	17
Arizona	8
Washington	8
Baja California Sur	6
Baja California	5
Sonora	3
Wyoming	1

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
Cavity nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in cavities.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
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Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
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