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Great Shearwater

The Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis) nest on the islands of Nightingale Island and Inaccessible Island in the archipelago of Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island. A very small number, not more than 15 pairs nest in the Falkland Islands.
During the breeding season the Great Shearwater can be found in an area stretching from the southern tip of Africa to South America's east coast. It is one of the few nesting bird species in the southern hemisphere that is moving to the northern hemisphere. During this long flight the Great Shearwater follows a circular path when it first goes north to the waters off South America and then go to the north along North America's east coast before crossing the Atlantic in August.
Great Shearwater breed in large colonies on sub-arctic islands that are visited only at night to avoid predators. The bird's nest is built in a soil pit dug into the sloping ground.



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Leach's storm petrel

Leach's storm petrel sketch painting. Bird art drawing by illustrator Artmagenta
Leach's storm petrel

The Leach's storm petrel or Leach's petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) breeds on inaccessible islands in the colder northern areas of the Atlantic and Pacific.


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Sooty shearwater

Sooty shearwater sketch painting. Bird art drawing by illustrator Artmagenta
Sooty shearwater
The sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus) breed on small islands in the south Pacific and south Atlantic Oceans, mainly around New Zealand, the Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego and also in the Auckland Islands and Phillip Island off Norfolk Island. In New Zealand it is also known  as muttonbird,


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Storm Petrel

Storm Petrel  sketch painting. Bird art drawing by illustrator Artmagenta
Storm Petrel
Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) are pelagic, that is, it lives mostly out on the open sea. The largest population is in the Faroe Islands where more than half the world population nests, but the storm petrel also nests in the British Isles and the islands off Norway, Iceland, along France's north-west coast, north coast of Spain and the Canary Islands.


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Bermuda petrel

Bermuda petrel sketch painting. Bird art drawing by illustrator Artmagenta
Bermuda petrel
Bermuda's National Bird
The Bermuda petrel (Pterodroma cahow) commonly known in Bermuda as the cahow.


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