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Greater Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Pink-footed Shearwater
Little Shearwater
Black-vented Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Buller's Shearwater
Also known as: Dusky-backed Shearwater, Baillon's Shearwater, Tropical Shearwater, Bannerman's Shearwater, Mascarene Shearwater, Persian Shearwater
31 cm (12") Wings 69 cm (27") Open Atlantic Ocean. Fairly common. Dark above, white below. Similar to Manx Shearwater but has longer tail and dark undertail coverts and dark underwing primaries or wing tips.
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