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Persian ShearwaterPuffinus persicus [Hume 1873].[P.p. persicus] Breeding: Halaaniyaat Island (off SE Oman) and the Socotra archipelago (NW IndianOcean).Non-breeding: Probably to the Gulf of Oman or perhaps further E towards India.[P.p. temptator] Breeding: Moheli Island (Comoros, W Indian Ocean).Non-breeding: Not well known.Treated by del Hoyo et al 1992 as races of Audubon’s Shearwater.Other name: Arabian Shearwater.1st WP Record: 22 January 1985. Jaffa Port, Tel Aviv, Israel. Presumed same individual seen againbetween 4 and 6 February (Shirihai 1996).Campbell, O. & Pedersen, T. 2011. Birding in the United Arab Emirates. Birding World 24(4): 160-176 (165, plate 7).Louette, M. & Herremans, M. 1985. A new race of Audubon’s Shearwater Puffinus lherminieribreeding at Moheli, Comoro Islands. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 105(2): 3-48.Pittie, A. 2006. The dates of six taxa described by A.O. Hume (Puffinus persicus, Ephialtes bruceiand Ninox obscurus) and W.E. Brooks (Cyornis poliogenys, Phylloscopus sindianus and Calandrellatibetana). Indian Birds 2(5): 132-136.Shirihai, H. 1996. The Birds of Israel. Academic Press.Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloni [Bonaparte 1857].[P.b. bailloni] Breeding: Europa Island (S Mozambique Channel) & Réunion (Mascarene archipelago,W Indian Ocean).[P.b. dichrous] Breeding: Cousin Island & Amirante Islands, Seychelles, the Maldives, Chagosarchipelago & Aldabra Atoll (Indian Ocean) and Banks Islands, Vanuatu (SW Pacific), Palau &Marianas Islands (NW Pacific), Nauru, Phoenix Islands & Line Islands (C Pacific), Samoa, Fiji, Tonga,Tahiti and Marquesas Islands (N French Polynesia) & Gambier Islands (Tuamotu archipelago, FrenchPolynesia).Non-breeding: Not fully established, some populations probably sedentary.The proposed forms polynesiae, nicolae, colstoni and gunax are included with P.b. dichrous.Treated by del Hoyo et al 1992 as races of Audubon’s Shearwater.1st WP Record: 18 June 1992. Off the North Beach, Eilat, Gulf of Aqaba, Israel. Hadoram Shirihai(Shirihai 1996).Bretagnolle, V. & Atti, C. 1996. Coloration and biometrics of fledgling Audubon's ShearwatersPuffinus lherminieri from Runion Island, Indian Ocean. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 166:194-197.Bretagnolle, V. et al 2000. Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri on Reunion Island, IndianOcean: Behaviour, census, distribution, biometrics and breeding biology. Ibis 142: 399-412.Buden, D.W. 2008. The birds of Nauru. Notornis 55(1): 8-19.Burger, A.E. & Lawrence, A.D. 2001. Census of Wedge-tailed Shearwaters Puffinus pacificus andAudubon's Shearwaters P. lherminieri on Cousin Island, Seychelles using call-playback. MarineOrnithology 29: 57-64.Burger, A.E. 2001. Diving depths of Shearwaters. The Auk 118(3): 755-759.Carter, M. 1988. Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri in Australia. Australian Bird Watcher 12:141-149.Eds. 1995. A new Western Palearctic bird. Birding World 8(7): 241.Le Corre, M. 2000. Taxonomic affinities of the Audubon’s Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri) fromEuropa Island, Southern Mozambique Channel. The Condor 102: 187-190.Sangster, G. et al 2011. Taxonomic recommendations for British Birds: seventh report. Ibis 153(4):883-892.Shirihai, H. & Christie, D.A. 1996. A new taxon of small shearwater from the Indian Ocean. Bulletinof the British Ornithologists' Club 116: 180-186.Shirihai, H. & Sinclair, I. 1994. An Unidentified Shearwater at Eilat. Birding World 7(7): 274-278.Shirihai, H. 1996. The Birds of Israel. Academic Press.Shirihai, H. 2001. The Mascarene Shearwater. Birding World 14(2): 78-85.Shirihai, H. et al 1995. A new species of Puffinus shearwater from the western Indian Ocean. Bulletinof the British Ornithologists' Club 115: 75-87.24