Balearic shearwater
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The Balearic shearwater is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. Puffinus is a Neo-Latin loanword based on the English "puffin" and its variants, that referred to the cured carcass of the fat nestling of the Manx... Wikipedia
Scientific name: Puffinus mauretanicus
Conservation status: Critically Endangered (Population decreasing)
Mass: 1.1 lbs (Adult)
Domain: Eukaryota
Genus: Puffinus
Kingdom: Animalia
Order: Procellariiformes
Source: Encyclopedia of Life