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Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus Pampero Cenizo
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A dark brown seabird with long, narrow wings and a silver flash to the underwing. Length: 40-51 cm.; weight: 690-978 g. Nests on islands off New Zealand and the southern tip of South America. Rare, non-breeding migrant at sea off Puerto Rico. TAXONOMY: PROCELLARIIFORMES; PROCELLARIIDAE |
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Photo: G Beaton
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Photo: M. Donahue
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Photo: M. Donahue
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References Bent, A.C. 1922. Life histories of North American petrels and pelicans and their allies. Smithsonian Instit. U.S. National Museum Bull. 121. (Reprinted by Dover Press, NY, 1964). del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal, eds. 1992. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 1. Ostrich to ducks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Harrison, P. 1983. Seabirds: an identification guide. Houghton Mifflin, Boston. Harrison, P. 1987. A field guide to seabirds of the world. Stephen Greene Press, Lexington, MA. Raffaele, H.A. 1989. A guide to the birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Princeton. Raffaele, H.A. 1989. Una guía a las aves de Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes. Publishing Resources, Inc., Santurce, PR. Raffaele, H.A., J.W. Wiley, O.H. Garrido, A.R. Keith, and J.I. Raffaele. 1998. Guide to the birds of the West Indies. Princeton. Sooty Shearwater, Spanish text Next related species in taxonomic order Previous related species in taxonomic order |
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