This is the case with species of shearwater, such as Puffinus Puffinus (Procellariidae), which nest in gullies of laurisilva. From Wordnik.com. [Canary Islands dry woodlands and forests] Reference
Populations of seabirds on the Snares are particularly remarkable, with over 2.75 million pairs of the Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus. From Wordnik.com. [Subantarctic Islands, New Zealand] Reference
Fleshy-footed shearwater Puffinus carneipes hullianus breeds in substantial numbers on Lord Howe, with possibly half the world's population present. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Howe Island Group, Australia] Reference
A second species (Puffinus cinereus), which is common to Europe, Cape Horn, and the coast of Peru, is of a much smaller size than the P. gigantea, but, like it, of a dirty black colour. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference
A third example of the geographic isolation of Europa's seabirds is seen in the island's population of Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri), recently evidenced to belong to the subspecies P.l. bailloni. From Wordnik.com. [Ile Europa and Bassas da India xeric scrub] Reference
The seaward Kaikoura range is also the only mainland nesting site for the endangered Hutton's shearwater (Puffinus huttoni) which breeds among snow tussocks between 1,200 meter (m) and 1,800 m above sea level. From Wordnik.com. [Richmond temperate forests] Reference
Additional immigrants from the south during summer include short-finned squid, fish such as mackerel and bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), and birds such as greater shearwater (Puffinus gravis) and sooty shearwater (P. griseus). From Wordnik.com. [Fisheries and aquaculture in the Newfoundland and Labrador Seas, Northeastern Canada] Reference
Millions of seabirds use the island, including storm petrels (Oceantidae), sooty shearwaters (Puffinus griseus), broad-billed prions (Pachyptila vittata), and the critically endangered Chatham petrel which breeds only on Rangatira. From Wordnik.com. [Chatham Island temperate forests] Reference
In the supplementary information to their paper, the authors discount 2 species of migratory birds, the greater shearwater (Puffinus gravis) and the Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea), because these birds apparently do not come ashore in Europe. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-01-01] Reference
Puffinus Puffinus: insights from machine learning. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Scientifically speaking: Puffinus auricularis newelli. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
Puffinus Puffinus from Skomer Island, off the coast of Wales. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Reference
The birds were the endangered Tristan albatross (Diomedea dabbenena), the vulnerable Atlantic petrel (Pterodroma incerta) and the great shearwater (Puffinus gravis). From Wordnik.com. [SNAIL'S TALES] Reference
A second species (Puffinus cinereus), which is common to Europe, Cape Horn, and the coast of Peru, is of much smaller size than the P. gigantea, but, like it, of a dirty black colour. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter XIII] Reference
"shearwater" (Puffinus cinereus), which is found on the coast of. From Wordnik.com. [Easton's Bible Dictionary] Reference
Approximately half of the world’s population of flesh-footed shearwater (Puffinus carneipes hullianus) breeds on the Island, and Lord Howe Island has the greatest concentration of red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda). From Wordnik.com. [Lord Howe Island subtropical forests] Reference
Puffinus mauretanicus in Europe, Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius in the Middle East and Africa, Chinese Crested Tern Sterna bernsteini in Asia, Orange-bellied Parrot Neophema chrysogaster in the Pacific, and Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris in the Americas. From Wordnik.com. [10,000 Birds] Reference
Puffinus griseus, was found to travel 64,000 kilometers (nearly 40,000 miles) whilst flying from New Zealand to the North Pacific Ocean in search of food (DOI. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Puffinus brevicaudus, GOULD. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1: Sent By the Colonists of South Australia, with the Sanction and Support of the Government: Including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines and the State of Their Relations with Europeans — Complete] Reference
Puffinus chlorhynchus, Less. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference
Puffinus diomedea. From Wordnik.com. [Scandola Nature Reserve & Capes Girolata and Porto, France] Reference
Puffinus cinereus, 309. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference
Puffinus Puffinus. From Wordnik.com. [BIRDS ETCETERA] Reference
Yet, the black-vented shearwater, Puffinus opisthomelas. From Wordnik.com. [ENS] Reference
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