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Persian Shearwater
Puffinus persicus Hume, 1872
Procellariidae — Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels
Persian Shearwater, Puffinus persicus, is a seabird of the family Procellariidae that breeds in the Indian Ocean, on the Khuriya Muriya Islands south of Oman, Socotra and Moheli in the Comoro Islands. Outside the breeding season it ranges through the Arabian Sea to the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, and also reaches the west coast of India and the Comoro Islands. It was described by Hume in 1872. It was once treated together with Audubon’s Shearwater.
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Procellariidae — Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels
- Breeding range
- Indian Ocean: breeds Khuriya Muriya Is. (s of Oman), Socotra and Moheli (=Mwali, Comoro Is.)
- Nonbreeding range
- Arabian Sea to Persian Gulf, Gulf of Aden, Red Sea, w coast of India and Comoro Is. (sw Indian Ocean)
