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Merry Christmas Shearwaters!

10,000 Birds

No, there is a second island named for Christmas, although it is more correctly known today as Kiritimati in the Republic of Kiribati in the Central Pacific. Christmas Shearwater ( Puffinus nativitatis ) on Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii. They mostly feed on squid, which they hunt by diving.

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