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Puffinus subalaris
Discovered waterlogged & struggling to stay afloat while we were snorkeling. He was rescued, checked over & given a short panga ride to dry land to dry out & hopefully fully recover. The Galápagos Shearwater is a small shearwater. Until recently it was considered to be a subspecies of Audubon's Shearwater, but it is actually one of two members of a very ancient lineage of the small Puffinus species, the other being, as indicated by mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data, the Christmas Shearwater. It is an endemic breeder of the Galápagos Islands, and is largely sedentary, although individuals are commonly seen as far as the Oaxacan coast of Mexico.
Off of Isla Genovesa, Galapagos
Spotted on Nov 24, 2012
Submitted on Dec 18, 2012
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Poor little guy, glad you saved him! This is a very unique species and would be perfect for the Ecuadorian bird mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/4508...