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Balearic shearwater

(Puffinus mauretanicus)

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Description

The Balearic shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus) is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae.Puffinus is a New Latin loanword based on the English "puffin" and its variants,such as poffin,pophyn and puffing,that referred to the cured carcass of the fat nestling of the Manx shearwater,a former delicacy.The specific mauretanicus refers to Mauretania,an old name for an area of North Africa roughly corresponding to Morocco and Algeria

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Aves
Order:Procellariiformes
Family:Procellariidae
Genus:Puffinus
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