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Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

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Johnston Island

GIF-Picture of a Christmas Shearwater. Christmas Shearwater

Christmas shearwaters have a short, rounded tail and dark plumage, legs, and feet. Competition with the larger wedge-tails is probably responsible for limiting their abundance to fewer than 100 birds at Johnston.

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