Balearic shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus)

Mor Braz, Bretagne, France. Aug 20, 2021

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Thibaud Aronson

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A very endangered seabird (ranked CR by the IUCN), it breeds on the seacliffs of the Balearic Islands, where it is at severe risk of predation by mammals, not to mention drowning on fishing longlines (the ones used to catch tuna, swordfish, etc), the same factors that threaten the existence of essentially all tubenoses worldwide... Posted 3 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
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  Sad to hear that, thank you very much for sharing this increasingly rare beauty. Posted 3 years ago

Calbost Niel

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Great action shot Posted 3 years ago
1. Thibaud Aronson
  
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  Thanks Niel! Posted 3 years ago

The Balearic shearwater

The Balearic shearwater is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family ''Procellariidae''. ''Puffinus'' is a New Latin loanword based on the English "puffin" and its variants, 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.

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Similar species: Petrels And Albatrosses

Species identified by Thibaud Aronson

By Thibaud Aronson

Uploaded Sep 27, 2021. Captured Aug 20, 2021 12:37 in Bay of Biscay.

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Canon EOS 7D Mark II
f/9.0
1/1600s
ISO1250
560mm

Captured in the summer. More summer photos.