Scopoli's shearwater
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Scopoli's shearwater is a seabird in the petrel family Procellariidae. It breeds on rocky islands and on steep coasts in the Mediterranean but outside the breeding season it forages in the Atlantic. I
Scopoli's Shearwater
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Skull of a Scopoli's shearwater
Chafarinas Islands
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The Chafarinas Islands, also spelled Zafarin, Djaferin or Zafarani, are a group of three Spanish small islets located in the Alboran Sea off the coast of Africa with an aggregate area of 0.525 square
Scopoli's shearwater
…P10). The Cape Verde shearwater is smaller and is significantly darker above. Scopoli's shearwater breeds on islands in the Mediterranean from the Chafarinas Islands off the Moroccan coast in the west to the Dodecanese (Greek islands) in the east. The largest colony is on the rocky island of Zembra, 13 km (8.1 mi…
Chafarinas Islands viewed from Morocco
Chafarinas
Islas Chafarinas as seen from Cabo de Agua
Audouin's gull, a Vulnerable species breeding on the islands