The little shearwater (Puffinus assimilis) is a small shearwater in the petrel family Procellariidae.
 Despite the generic name, it is unrelated to the puffins, which are auks, the only similarity being that they are both burrow-nesting seabirds.
The little shearwater (Puffinus assimilis) is a small shearwater in the petrel family Procellariidae.  Despite the generic name, it is unrelated to the puffins, which are auks, the only similarity being that they are both burrow-nesting seabirds.
Little shearwater