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Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae

Genus: Puffinus

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21 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 30 cm TL
 
Puffinus assimilis
[Little shearwater]
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Max. Length 35 cm TL
 
Puffinus auricularis
[Townsend's shearwater]
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Puffinus baroli
[Macaronesian shearwater]
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Puffinus boydi
[Cape Verde little shearwater]
No picture found

Max. Length 46 cm TL
 
Puffinus bulleri
[Buller's shearwater]
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Max. Length 45 cm TL
 
Puffinus carneipes
[Flesh-footed shearwater]
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Max. Length 36 cm TL
 
Puffinus gavia
[Fluttering shearwater]
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Max. Length 53 cm TL
 
Puffinus gravis
[Greater shearwater]

FAO

Circumglobal.
Max. Length 46 cm TL
Puffinus griseus(Gmelin, 1789)

Photo by FAO
 
Puffinus griseus
[Sooty shearwater]
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Max. Length 27 cm TL
 
Puffinus heinrothi
[Heinroth's shearwater]
No picture found

Max. Length 38 cm TL
 
Puffinus huttoni
[Hutton's shearwater]
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Max. Length 30 cm TL
 
Puffinus lherminieri
[Audubon's shearwater]
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Max. Length 40 cm TL
 
Puffinus mauretanicus
[Balearic shearwater]
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Max. Length 38 cm TL
 
Puffinus nativitatis
[Christmas shearwater]
No picture found

Max. Length 35 cm TL
 
Puffinus newelli
[Newell's shearwater]
No picture found

Max. Length 38 cm TL
 
Puffinus opisthomelas
[Black-vented shearwater]
No picture found

Max. Length 46 cm TL
 
Puffinus pacificus
[Wedge-tailed shearwater]
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Puffinus persicus
[Persian shearwater]
No picture found

Max. Length 38 cm TL
 
Puffinus puffinus
[Manx shearwater]
No picture found

Max. Length 43 cm TL
 
Puffinus tenuirostris
[Short-tailed shearwater]
No picture found

Max. Length 37 cm TL
 
Puffinus yelkouan
[Levantine shearwater]


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