Belize Biodiversity Information System

   Wildlife Conservation Society

   Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre

   01/19/98



  NAME -                 Manx Shearwater

  FAMILY -               Procellariidae
  SCIENTIFIC NAME -      Puffinus puffinus puffinus

  SYNONYMS - Procellaria puffinus (BrÜnnich)

  REFERENCES - 1

  National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status    Reference

  Questionable in Belize, Possible but needs verification     3
  Insufficient information, uncertain                        3
  

  District                                                     Reference

  Stann Creek                                                          2
  

  Administrative Unit                  Occurrence          Temporal    Reference

  Private land, see comments            Carcass or skeleton  February         2
  

  

                                        
  

  

                         
  

  1:50,000 Quadrangle                   Reference

  16 45' to 17 00'; 88 00' to 88 10'           2
  

  Holdridge Life Zone                   Reference

  Marine                                       2
  

  General Distribution Comments

  2* "vagrant, one record: a beached carcass found near Dangriga, Belize in
     Feb. 1990" SNG Howell

  References

  1  A.O.U. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th Ed.
  
  2  Howell, S. N. G., S. Webb. 1992. New and Noteworthy Bird Records from
     Guatemala and Honduras. BBOC, 112, 42-49.
  
  3  Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller. 1997. Avian Risk Assessment for Belize,
     Species at Risk and of Conservation Concern.  Report to Programme for
     Belize/TNC Wings of America Program.