The Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. The scientific name of this species records a name shift: Manx shearwaters were called Manks puffins in the 17th century. Puffin is an Anglo-Norman word (Middle English pophyn) for the cured carcasses of nestling shearwaters. The Atlantic puffin acquired the name much later, possibly because of its similar nesting habits.
^BirdLife International (2018). "Puffinus puffinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22698226A132636603. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22698226A132636603.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
The Manxshearwater (Puffinus puffinus) is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. The scientific name of this species records...
species, like the Manxshearwater are cruciform in flight, with their long wings held directly out from their bodies. Many shearwaters are long-distance...
variants, that referred to the cured carcass of the fat nestling of the Manxshearwater, a former delicacy. The specific mauretanicus refers to Mauretania...
was formerly treated as a subspecies of the Manxshearwater (Puffinus puffinus). The yelkouan shearwater was formally described in 1827 by the Italian...
well known for its wildlife: around half the world's population of Manxshearwaters nest on the island, the Atlantic puffin colony is the largest in southern...
applied to the fatty, salted meat of young birds of the unrelated Manxshearwater (Puffinus puffinus), formerly known as the "Manks puffin". Puffin is...
cowini), an insect Manxshearwater (Puffinus puffinus), a seabird Isle of Man cabbage (Coincya monensis monensis), sometimes called the Manx cabbage Cabbage...
with the minimum of active flight. Some small species, such as the Manxshearwater, are cruciform in flight, with their long wings held directly out from...
large Manxshearwater, is also distinctive. The only other large shearwaters in its range are the Cory's Shearwater and the all-dark Sooty Shearwater. wing...
Manx (endonym: Gaelg or Gailck, pronounced [ɡilɡ, geːlɡ] or [gilk]), also known as Manx Gaelic, is a Gaelic language of the insular Celtic branch of the...
shearwater is now placed in the genus Puffinus that was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the Manxshearwater (Puffinus...
(eds.). Fargher's English–Manx Dictionary. Douglas: Shearwater Press. ISBN 0-904980-23-5. Radford, Victor H. (2001). Manx Cat. Pet Love series. Dorking...
the area giganto cellularis, has been found in the Manxshearwater, Kerguelen petrel, great shearwater, broad-billed prion and common diving-petrel. It...
South and West Wales. The island was once the home of puffins and Manxshearwater. A guide book in the 1890s referred to the puffins as “Welsh parrots”...
described in 1990. It was intermediate in size between the Manxshearwater and the little shearwater. The remains of the species are particularly common in...
The official coinage of the Isle of Man are denominated in Manx pounds. From 1971 to 2016, coins of the Isle of Man were minted by Pobjoy Mint Limited...
Ocean Puffinus subalaris, Galapagos shearwater breeds on the Galapagos Islands Puffinus puffinus, Manxshearwater breeds in the North Atlantic; ranges...
been known for some time; in an experiment conducted in the 1950s, a Manxshearwater released in Boston in the United States returned to its colony in Skomer...
bird observatory was established in 1953. It is a nesting place for Manxshearwaters and choughs, with rare plants, and habitats undisturbed by modern farming...
circle the Earth, flying over the southern oceans, while others such as Manxshearwaters migrate 14,000 km (8,700 mi) between their northern breeding grounds...
the fatty, salted meat of young birds of the unrelated species, the Manxshearwater (Puffinus puffinus), formerly known as the "Manks puffin". It is an...
of Manxshearwater and Arctic tern and nationally important sites for breeding Mediterranean gull, common gull and common eider. The Manxshearwater colony...
the fatty, salted meat of young birds of the unrelated species, the Manxshearwater (Puffinus puffinus), formerly known as the "Manks puffin". It is an...
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