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Galapagos Shearwater
Puffinus subalaris
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About the Galapagos Shearwater
The Galápagos shearwater (Puffinus subalaris) is a small shearwater. Until recently it was considered to be a subspecies of Audubon's shearwater, but it is actually one of two members of a very ancient lineage of the small Puffinus species, the other being, as indicated by mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data, the Christmas shearwater. It is an endemic breeder of the Galápagos Islands, and is largely sedentary, although individuals are commonly seen as far as the Oaxacan coast of Mexico.
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Classification
- Scientific name
- Puffinus subalaris
- Family
- Shearwaters and Petrels
- Order
- Procellariiformes
Similar species
Other members of the shearwaters and petrels family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli
- Bermuda Petrel Pterodroma cahow
- Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata
- Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas
- Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis
- Bonin Petrel Pterodroma hypoleuca
- Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
- Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
- Cape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwardsii
- Christmas Shearwater Puffinus nativitatis
- Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii
- Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis
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