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Puffinus puffinus

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Noun1.Puffinus puffinus - small black-and-white shearwater common in the northeastern AtlanticPuffinus puffinus - small black-and-white shearwater common in the northeastern Atlantic
Manx shearwater
shearwater - long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves
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Although they do not nest on Puffin Island, the bird's scientific name is Puffinus Puffinus (though they aren't actually puffins at all).
IT'S PUFFINUS ISLAND by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Its scientific name is Puffinus puffinus, given it in error by a Victorian taxidermist who was told it was a puffin.
Britain's oldest seabird comes home to roost by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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