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The subantarctic shearwater (Puffinus elegans) is a small bird species which breeds in Tristan da Cunha, islands of the southern Indian Ocean and New Zealand Subantarctic Islands.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Subantarctic Shearwater being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Puffinus assimilis
- Puffinus puffinus
- Puffinus gavia
- Puffinus yelkouan
- Puffinus huttoni
- Pelecanoides urinatrix
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Puffinus
- Species
- Puffinus elegans
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