Manx shearwater: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Manx shearwater lives – recorded in 20 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Puffinus puffinus
Group	Seabirds, divers & grebes
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	20 countries
Continents	Africa, Europe, North America, South America
Mass	521 g (adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Procellariiformes
Family	Procellariidae

Where does the Manx shearwater live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Manx shearwater in 20 countries and territories across Africa, Europe, North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Brazil, South America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a Manx shearwater?

Wikidata records the following for the Manx shearwater: mass 521 g (adult weight).

Is the Manx shearwater endangered?

The Manx shearwater’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Manx shearwater?

The Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) is a bird in the order Procellariiformes and the family Procellariidae, genus Puffinus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Manx shearwater

The Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. The scientific name of this species records a name shift: Manx shearwaters were called Manks puffins in the 17th century. Puffin is an Anglo-Norman word (Middle English pophyn) for the cured carcasses of nestling shearwaters. The Atlantic puffin acquired the name much later, possibly because of its similar nesting habits.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Manx shearwater (revision 1380155559), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q208405 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).