Barolo shearwater (Puffinus baroli)

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Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Puffinus (Puffinus); Family Shearwaters and petrels (Procellariidae)
General:The Barolo shearwater (Puffinus baroli), also known as the North Atlantic little shearwater or Macaronesian shearwater, is a small shearwater which breeds in the Azores and Canaries of Macaronesia in the North Atlantic Ocean. Puffinus is a New Latin loanword based on the English "puffin" and its variants, such as poffin, pophyn and puffing,^[2] that referred to the cured carcass of the fat nestling of the Manx shearwater, a former delicacy. The specific baroli refers to Carlo Tencredi Falletti, marquis of Barolo.^[3] [more]

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