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Manx Shearwater

Puffinus puffinus

Order: Procellariiformes

Family: Procellariidae

General Description

First records at Westport and Ocean Shores (Grays Harbor County), September'October of 1990 and 1992. Increasingly reported since then from March to October, mostly well offshore in Pacific Ocean but also near outer coastline, in Strait of Juan de Fuca, and even in Puget Sound.

Abundance

C=Common; F=Fairly Common; U=Uncommon; R=Rare; I=Irregular
Ecoregion	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
Oceanic	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
Pacific Northwest Coast	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
Puget Trough
North Cascades
West Cascades
East Cascades
Okanogan
Canadian Rockies
Blue Mountains
Columbia Plateau

North American Range Map

Family Members

Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Murphy's PetrelPterodroma ultima
Mottled PetrelPterodroma inexpectata
Cook's PetrelPterodroma cookii
Pink-footed ShearwaterPuffinus creatopus
Flesh-footed ShearwaterPuffinus carneipes
Greater ShearwaterPuffinus gravis
Wedge-tailed ShearwaterPuffinus pacificus
Buller's ShearwaterPuffinus bulleri
Sooty ShearwaterPuffinus griseus
Short-tailed ShearwaterPuffinus tenuirostris
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus