Manx shearwater

British

noun

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

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Manx shearwater

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

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

Skomer is home to about half the world's population of Manx shearwater.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2022

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

From The Guardian ● Oct. 7, 2018

Manx shearwater photographed off Iceland by Ómar Runólfsson.

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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