The first confirmed record of Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis for British Columbia

Norman Ratcliffe1 and Christophe Barbraud2

1British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, UK. CB3 0ET; e-mail notc@bas.ac.uk
2Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chize´, CNRS UPR 1934, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France

Abstract: A Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis), observed and photographed 52 km WSW of Tofino, B.C., on 2010 September 13, represents the first confirmed sighting of this species for the province.

Key words: British Columbia, extralimital occurrence, Great Shearwater, Puffinus gravis

PDFicon Ratcliffe, N. and C. Barbraud. 2010. The first confirmed record of Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis for British Columbia. British Columbia Birds 20:44.

 

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