Manx shearwater

English

Noun

Manx shearwater (plural Manx shearwaters)

1. A long-winged pelagic seabird, Puffinus puffinus, of the family Procellariidae.
   • 2006, James Lowen, A Summer of British Wildlife, page 141:

     Manx shearwaters lounge on the sheeny swell before pattering along and coasting away on stiff, elongated wings. Keep your eyes peeled for a chocolate- and-oatcakecoloured version of the Manxie.

   • 2018 June 20, Louise Tickle, The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Together with its neighbouring island Skokholm, Skomer is home to the highest concentration of Manx shearwaters in the world.

Related terms

• Manxie

Translations

Translations

• Asturian: pardiella (ast)
• Czech: buřňák severní m
• Danish: almindelig skråpe c
• Dutch: noordse pijlstormvogel (nl) m
• Faroese: skrápur m
• Finnish: pikkuliitäjä (fi)
• German: Schwarzschnabel-Sturmtaucher
• Icelandic: skrofa (is) f
• Irish: cánóg dhubh f
• Italian: berta minore f
• Manx: pibbin Vanninagh f, scraayl m
• Northern Sami: áhpeliira
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: havlire (no) m or f

• Portuguese: bobo-pequeno m, estapagado m
• Russian: ма́лый буреве́стник m (mályj burevéstnik), обыкнове́нный буреве́стник m (obyknovénnyj burevéstnik)
• Scottish Gaelic: fachadh ban, sgrab
• Welsh: adar drycin Manaw m pl