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Ecology Of Audubon's Shearwaters (Puffinus Lherminieri) At San Salvador, Bahamas, Neville Anthony Trimm Jr.
Ecology Of Audubon's Shearwaters (Puffinus Lherminieri) At San Salvador, Bahamas, Neville Anthony Trimm Jr.
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The Audubon's Shearwater (Pqffinus lherminieri), nearly pantropical in distribution, remains a poorly studied species. The subspecies P. l. lherminieri is endemic to the West Indies region. An estimated 5,000 pairs inhabit the Caribbean, but there has been a substantial decline with many colonies becoming extirpated. It is thought that as many as 3,000 pairs (60% of the West Indian population) nest in the Bahamas. In May and June of 2000, I collected data on shearwater demographics, colony site selection, burrow microhabitat, chick behavior and the effect of moonlight on the onset of calling of the Audubon's Shearwaters nesting on …