Birds of Ecuador - Puffinus

Genus Puffinus, typical Shearwaters, are fish-eating pelagic birds (feeding far from shore) ranging from 30-45 cm.. Shearwaters use stiff wings to glide low over the water. Many species can plunge-dive for fish.


Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) Rare/Accidental South Africa
Photograph by Graham Searll © All Rights Reserved.

A small shearwater found in colder areas in the Atlantic; rare, but present in Pacific.


Galapagos Shearwater (Puffinus subalaris) Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala
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A smallish (30 cm.) two-colored shearwater with short broad wings (HBW). Pelagic, but often recorded relatively close to shore.

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