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Macaronesian Shearwater

Puffinus baroli

The Barolo Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri baroli), also known as the North Atlantic Little Shearwater or Macaronesian Shearwater, is a small shearwater which breeds in the Azores and the Canary Islands of Macaronesia in the North Atlantic Ocean. The epithet commemorates the Italian marquis Carlo Tancredi Falletti di Barolo.

Features that distinguish the Barolo Shearwater from the Manx Shearwater and other North Atlantic Puffinus species include the pale face, silvery panel in the upperwings, shorter more rounded wings, and blue feet.