Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
The Manx Shearwater breeds on islands and coastal cliffs in the North Atlantic. It breeds in large colonies and it nests in burrows excavated in soft ground with a chamber at the end.
Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus
Identification Tips:
Length: 13? inches Wingspan: 32? inches
Sexes similar
Pelagic bird only coming ashore to breed
Medium to small shearwater
Dark bill with tube on top
Very dark upperparts ...
Manx shearwaters in Scotland have been found to contain organochlorines from pesticides. Heavy metals recorded in shearwater tissue include zinc, cadmium, and mercury.
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinus (Brünnich)
Status Uncommon summer visitant. Occurs regularly in small numbers on the Scotian Shelf and in the Bay of Fundy. The earliest spring report is of a bird seen on Browns Bank on 22 April 1976 (J.M.
Manx shearwaters are daredevil fliers when out at sea. Skimming along the troughs of waves with rapid stiff-winged flaps, they fly so low that their wingtips almost touch the water.
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Manx Shearwater in North America
Photograph by Steve Mirick on Jeffreys Ledge July 2001 and used with his permission. This photograph and all other on this page remain the property of the photographer.
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) can be found on both sides of the Atlantic ocean. This species is more common in Europe but also frequents Newfoundland and New England.
If you want to know the secret of a long and happy life, ask a Manx shearwater. (more)
Bird enthusiasts have launched an ambitious conservation project on the Firth of Tay.
the coulterneb, now usually called "Puffin," has already been mentioned under that heading; and not only has his name Puffinus anglorum hence become attached to this species, commonly described in English books as the Manx puffin or Manx shearwater, ...
(1993): Genetic evidence for speciation of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) and the Mediterranean Shearwater (P. yelkouan). Die Vogelwelt 114(6): 226-232. [Article in English with German abstract] PDF fulltext ...
A Manx Shearwater breeding on Copeland Island, Northern Ireland, is currently (2003/2004) the oldest known wild bird in the world: ringed as an adult (at least 5 years old) in July 1953, it was retrapped in July 2003, at least 55 years old.
THE MANKS SHEARWATER.
[Manx Shearwater.]
PUFFINUS ANGLORUM, Ray.
[Puffinus puffinus.] ...
Species in this family:
Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri)
Black-capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata)
Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) ...
Puffinus puffinus Manx shearwater
Puffinus tenuirostris Short-tailed shearwater
Puffinus yelkouan Yelkouan shearwater
5 Frigatebirds
5 Terns
5 Tropicbirds
Steller's sea eagle, Haliaeetus pelagicus - world's largest eagle ...
 See also: Shearwater, Petrel, Puffin, Gannet, Cormorant
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