Kurir selestial (Celestial Couriers)
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinus
- selestial
- 90 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Crosses the Atlantic twice a year. Navigates home to the same burrow across thousands of miles. No compass needed.
- Populasi
- ~680,000–790,000 mature individuals (roughly 342,000–393,000 breeding pairs, mostly UK/Ireland)
- Habitat
- Entirely marine outside the breeding season; nests colonially in burrows on predator-free small islands and offshore islets, foraging over continental-shelf waters
- Fakta menarik
- A Manx Shearwater ringed as an adult on Copeland Island, Northern Ireland in July 1953 was retrapped there in July 2003, at least 55 years old — making it, at the time, the oldest known wild bird on Earth.
- Sebaran
- Breeds across the North Atlantic — major colonies in the UK, Ireland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, France, Azores, Canary Islands and Madeira, plus small numbers in Massachusetts and Newfoundland; undertakes a transequatorial migration to winter off the coasts of Brazil and Argentina (South Atlantic)
- Makanan
- Small shoaling fish (herring, sprat, sand eels), squid, crustaceans, and surface offal, caught by pursuit-diving and pursuit-plunging from the surface, alone or in small flocks
- Ukuran
- 0,34 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,82 m
- Masa hidup
- 15 tahun
