Townsend's shearwater Townsend's shearwater The Townsend's shearwater, "Puffinus auricularis", is a rare seabird of the tropics from the family Procellariidae. Its relationships are unresolved. Its closest relatives are probably, but not certainly, the Hawaiian shearwater ("Puffinus newelli") and possibly the Manx shearwater ("Puffinus puffinus") (Austin, 1996; Austin "et al.", 2004). It formerly contained the former as a subspecies and was long considered a subspecies of the latter. The relationship of the Rapa shearwater, "P. myrtae" in regard to these species are also in need of research; this taxon was until recently placed in "P. assimilis" (Austin "et al.", 2004), but now raised
Antipsara is a nesting site of the European shag ("Phalacrocorax aristotelis"), Eleonora's falcon ("Falco eleonorae"), Cory's shearwater ("Calonectris diomedea"), and the yelkouan shearwater ("Puffinus yelkouan"). Antipsara Antipsara () is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea. Antipsara had 4 inhabitants according to the 2011 census. It lies about west of the larger island Psara, from which its name is derived. Geographic conditions make it inaccessible from the north and west side. Evidence exists of settlement in ancient Greek and Roman times. During the Ottoman rule the island served as a port. Nowadays, tourist trips to the island originate from Psara