#0855 · 🐦 birds

Manx Shearwater

🇳🇱 Noordse Pijlstormvogel ·Puffinus puffinus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

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.

base stats

NL sightings 10iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,661iNaturalist observations
weight 521 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).