Puffinus puffinus

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Puffinus puffinus is a small, long-lived seabird species known as the Manx shearwater, famous for its long-distance oceanic migrations and nocturnal breeding colonies on offshore islands.

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Label Occurrences
Puffinus puffinus canonical 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bird species
seabird
shearwater
activityPattern nocturnal at breeding colonies
billColor dark bill
binomialName Puffinus puffinus NERFINISHED
bodyLength approximately 30 to 38 centimetres
bodyMass approximately 350 grams
breedingBehavior colonial nester
breedingHabitat coastal cliffs
offshore islands
breedingRange British Isles NERFINISHED
Faroe Islands NERFINISHED
Iceland NERFINISHED
Ireland NERFINISHED
western Mediterranean islands
breedingSiteType burrows
rock crevices
class Aves NERFINISHED
commonName Manx shearwater NERFINISHED
conservationMeasures predator control on breeding islands
protection of breeding colonies
describedBy Carl Linnaeus
diet crustaceans
small fish
squid
family Procellariidae NERFINISHED
foragingStrategy association with predatory fish and cetaceans
pursuit diving
surface seizing
genus Puffinus NERFINISHED
geographicDistribution North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
eastern North Atlantic
western North Atlantic
IUCNStatus Least Concern
kingdom Animalia
legColor pale legs
longevity long-lived seabird
maximumRecordedAge over 50 years
migratoryBehavior long-distance migrant
navigationAbility strong philopatry to natal colony
nonBreedingRange South Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
waters off South America
waters off southern Africa
order Procellariiformes NERFINISHED
parentalCare biparental incubation
phylum Chordata
plumage dark brown upperparts
white underparts
reproduction lays one egg per breeding season
taxonRank species
threats bycatch in fisheries
introduced predators at colonies
light pollution near colonies
vocalization loud nocturnal calls at colonies
wingspan approximately 75 to 90 centimetres
yearDescribed 1768

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Instruction
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# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Puffinus puffinus
Description of subject: Puffinus puffinus is a small, long-lived seabird species known as the Manx shearwater, famous for its long-distance oceanic migrations and nocturnal breeding colonies on offshore islands.

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

manx shearwater scientificName Puffinus puffinus
subject surface form: Manx shearwater