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Rapa Shearwater

Puffinus myrtae

Classification

Class
Aves

The Rapa shearwater (Puffinus myrtae), is a rare seabird of the tropics from the family Procellariidae. It breeds on the surrounding islets of Rapa in the Austral Islands of French Polynesia where it is known locally as the kaki kaki. The Rapa shearwater was first described in 1959 as a subspecies of the little shearwater.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 14