Summary ⁵

The Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis) is a large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. Its relationships are unclear. It belongs in the group of large species that could be separated as genus Ardenna (Penhallurick & Wink 2004); within these, it might be allied with the other black-billed, blunt-tailed species Short-tailed Shearwater and especially Sooty Shearwater (Austin 1996, Heidrich et al. 1998). Alternatively (Austin 1996, Austin et al. 2004), it could be a monotypic subgenus (Ardenna sensu...

Range ⁶

Islands in s Atlantic Ocean; ranges n Atlantic to Arctic Circle.

Statut ⁷

Status : M

Date d'arrivée record: 18/05/1994 (Harrington Harbour)
Date de départ record: 19/11/1977.82 (../Matane)

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Patrick Coin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1030/649356901_dafbfccf46_o.jpg
2. (c) Artie Kopelman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://farm1.static.flickr.com/49/259662157_ad7a016113_o.jpg
3. (c) Patrick Coin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1139/634423970_d3ce66a3d2_o.jpg
4. (c) Artie Kopelman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/23524762@N00/259662157
5. Adapted by Roger Simard from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffinus_gravis
6. Adapted by Roger Simard from a work by (c) Unknown, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/25011168
7. (c) Roger Simard, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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