Kingdom Animalia Class Aves Family Procellariidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Procellariiformes Genus Puffinus | |
Similar Lava shearwater, Dune shearwater, Heinroth's shearwater, Persian shearwater, Tropical shearwater | ||
Puffinus nestori is an extinct seabird in the petrel family. Its fossil remains, dating from the late Pliocene to early Pleistocene, were found on the island of Ibiza of the Balearic archipelago in the western Mediterranean. It was speculated that it was the direct ancestor of the Mediterranean shearwater (now split into Balearic and yelkouan shearwaters).
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