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Manx shearwater

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noun

  1. a European oceanic bird, Puffinus puffinus, with long slender wings and black-and-white plumage: family Procellariidae (shearwaters)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Today, the island is also home to 200 sheep and around 30,000 breeding pairs of Manx shearwater birds.

From BBC May 21, 2026

Far away I see a Manx shearwater skimming the gentle swell.

From The Guardian Oct. 7, 2018

The charity said individual reports of 14 other species had also been made, including a Manx shearwater.

From BBC Apr. 22, 2013

The small-bodied clade includes the Manx shearwater P. puffinus and Little or Dusky shearwater P. assimilis while the large-bodied clade includes such species as the Great shearwater P. gravis and Sooty shearwater P. griseus.

From Scientific American Feb. 10, 2013

First northwestern Atlantic breeding record of the Manx shearwater.

From Scientific American Mar. 14, 2012

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