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Birds of North America
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- Christmas Shearwater
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- Christmas Shearwater
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Christmas Shearwater Puffinus nativitatis

Nanette W. Seto
Version: 2.0 — Published January 1, 2001

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Figure 1. Breeding range of the Christmas Shearwater in the Hawaiian Archipelago. - Range Map
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Figure 1. Breeding range of the Christmas Shearwater in the Hawaiian Archipelago.

This species also breeds in the Phoenix, Marquesas, Tuamotu, and Austral islands, on Wake, Christmas, and Easter islands, and ranges at sea widely in the Pacific Ocean. See text for details.

Recommended Citation

Seto, N. W. (2001). Christmas Shearwater (Puffinus nativitatis), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.561
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