Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels

Balearic Shearwater

Puffinus mauretanicus

The Balearic Shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus) is a 497 g ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels

Order

Procellariiformes

Weight

497 g

Habitat

Marine

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

13

Photo: (c) Donald Davesne, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist