Christmas shearwater
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The Christmas shearwater or ʻaoʻū[2] (Puffinus nativitatis) is a medium-sized shearwater of the tropical Central Pacific. It is a poorly known species due to its remote nesting habits, and it has not been extensively studied at sea either.[3]
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Christmas shearwater | |
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Adult taking off, French Frigate Shoals | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Procellariiformes |
Family: | Procellariidae |
Genus: | Puffinus |
Species: | P. nativitatis |
Binomial name | |
Puffinus nativitatis Streets, 1877 | |
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It is one member of a very ancient lineage of the small Puffinus species. Its only close living relative is the Galápagos shearwater (P. subalaris).