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| Puffinus gravis |
(O'Reilly, 1818) |
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Family: petrels, shearwaters |
Order: Procellariiformes |
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Great shearwater |
Puffin majeur |
Pardela capirotada |
Großer Sturmtaucher |
| Migration: interoceanic |
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transequatorial |
Transequatorial migrant. After breeding, moves NW to reach NE Canada in Jul/Aug; subsequently moves E,
turning down past Britain and Iberia, and returning S towards breeding islands. Small numbers winter in S
Hemisphere. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1992)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1992) - www.hbw.com,
- Copyright: GROMS/BfN -
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(A digitised version of this map is published in GIS shape format on the GROMS CD).
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| (Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel) |