Balearic shearwater / Balearensturmtaucher (Puffinus mauretanicus)

Wikipedia: Balearic shearwater Source: WIKIPEDIA Puffinus_mauretanicus.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Puffinus (Puffinus); Family Shearwaters and petrels (Procellariidae)
General: The Balearic shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus) is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. Puffinus is a New Latin loanword based on the English "puffin" and its variants, that referred to the cured carcass of the fat nestling of the Manx shearwater, a former delicacy.^[2] The specific mauretanicus refers to Mauretania, an old name for an area of North Africa roughly corresponding to Morocco and Algeria.^[3] [more]