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Shearwaters and and Petrels29 Bird Species
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Manx ShearwaterA small, compact, fast flying, light-bellied shearwater. Adult has white underparts, white undertail coverts, white underwings with dark trailing edge, uniform blackish-brown upperparts, white on throat curling up behind eye, dark head and nape, and thin black bill. Flanks are white at rest. Compare more... Length: 34 cm Wingspan: 84 cm |
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Mottled PetrelAdult has gray crown, back, wings, and tail, with dark, M-shaped pattern on upperwings. Tail has a dark tip. Underparts are distinctive, with a white throat and breast, contrasting with a medium gray belly and vent. Bold black bars mark the leading edge of the mostly white underwings. At rest, gray f more... Length: 36 cm Wingspan: 32 cm |
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Murphy's PetrelAdult is medium charcoal-gray overall with a weak suggestion of dark M pattern on upperwings, pale chin, and short black bill. Underwings are paler silvery gray, slightly paler, but not white, at the base of the primaries. Flight style is more shearwater-like with lots of lateral direction changes; a more... Length: 41 cm Wingspan: 97 cm |
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Newell's ShearwaterSmall black-and-white shearwater similar in appearance to several species including Townsend's, Manx, and Audubon's Shearwaters. Entirely dark above with the exception of some white wrapping up onto the base of the sides of the upper tail. Underparts are entirely white except for the undertail covert more... Length: 35 cm Wingspan: 77 cm |
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Northern FulmarRelatively stocky and short-winged compared to shearwaters and petrels. Adult has pale inner primaries, dark smudge around eye, and short, thick yellow bill. Two color morphs: light adult has white underparts, speckled gray back, and white head; dark adult is gray overall without white plumage. Wings more... Length: 48 cm Wingspan: 107 cm |
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Parkinson's PetrelLarge, dark petrel, accidental off California. Blackish-brown overall with silvery flash on underside of primaries, yellowish-white bill with black tip. Also known as Black Petrel. Flesh-footed Shearwater has pink feet and different flight style. more... Length: 46 cm Wingspan: 115 cm |
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Pink-footed ShearwaterA relatively large, bulky, light-bellied shearwater of the Pacific. Adult is smudgy brown to gray-brown above, with mottled white and brown underwings, white belly, brownish flanks, dark brown head, and pale bill with a dark tip. Back usually looks paler than wings. Underwing linings are mostly white more... Length: 48 cm Wingspan: 109 cm |
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Short-tailed ShearwaterAn all-dark shearwater of the Pacific. Adult is sooty gray overall with silvery panels on underwings and relatively thin, short, dark bill. Wings are long and narrow, generally held straight out in wheeling and banking flight. Has shorter, thinner bill and smudgier underwings than Sooty Shearwater, m more... Length: 41 cm Wingspan: 97 cm |
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Sooty ShearwaterAn all-dark shearwater, common off Pacific and Atlantic coasts. Adult is sooty gray overall with silvery panels on underwings and relatively long, dark bill. Has longer bill than Short-tailed Shearwater, more slender shape than Northern Fulmar. Wings are long and narrow, generally held straight out i more... Length: 46 cm Wingspan: 104 cm |
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Stejneger's PetrelAdult has dark crown and nape that contrast with gray back, wings, and tail. Dark M-shaped pattern on upperwings. Uniformly dark tail lacks white outer feathers. Underparts are mostly white with narrow black leading and trailing edge on underwings. At rest, white flanks show above waterline. The face more... Length: 25 cm Wingspan: 66 cm |
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Streaked ShearwaterRare visitor off California. Adult has pale head with uniform thin streaks, dark upperwings and back, white underparts, white underwings with unmarked axillaries and dark primary coverts, and pinkish bill. Flight is relatively slow, soaring. more... Length: 48 cm Wingspan: 122 cm |
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Townsend's ShearwaterAccidental off California. Adult is black above with white underparts, white underwings with black leading and trailing edges, black cap and nape, white flanks, and thin black bill. Black-vented Shearwater is less crisply demarcated black and white, and has brownish tones. Also compare Manx Shearwate more... Length: 33 cm Wingspan: 83 cm |
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Wedge-tailed ShearwaterCasual off California. Dark morph adult is brown overall with pale-based flight feathers, flesh-colored legs, and thin black bill. Light morph, less frequent in North America, is mostly white below with dark flight feathers, head, and upperparts. Wedge-shaped tail usually held closed; difficult to se more... Length: 43 cm Wingspan: 101 cm |
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White-chinned PetrelLarge, bulky sooty-black petrel. Thick whitish-yellow bill. Limited white on chin. Long wings with silvery undersides to the primaries. Black feet. Formerly considered conspecific with Spectacled Petrel which is unrecorded in North America. Flesh-footed Shearwater is less bulky, more brownish overall more... Length: 55 cm Wingspan: 141 cm |
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Manx Shearwater
4 Photographs -
Mottled Petrel
2 Photographs -
Murphy's Petrel
0 Photographs -
Newell's Shearwater
0 Photographs -
Northern Fulmar
20 Photographs -
Parkinson's Petrel
0 Photographs -
Pink-footed Shearwater
21 Photographs -
Short-tailed Shearwater
3 Photographs -
Sooty Shearwater
12 Photographs -
Stejneger's Petrel
0 Photographs -
Streaked Shearwater
1 Photograph -
Townsend's Shearwater
0 Photographs -
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
3 Photographs -
White-chinned Petrel
2 Photographs
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Non-vegetated Areas0 species |
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Salt Water |
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Audubon's ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri |
Open Ocean |
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Barolo ShearwaterPuffinus baroli |
Open Ocean |
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Bermuda PetrelPterodroma cahow |
Open Ocean |
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Black-capped PetrelPterodroma hasitata |
Open Ocean |
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Black-vented ShearwaterPuffinus opisthomelas |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters |
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Buller's ShearwaterPuffinus bulleri |
Open Ocean |
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Bulwer's PetrelBulweria bulwerii |
Open Ocean |
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Cape Verde ShearwaterCalonectris edwardsii |
Open Ocean |
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Cook's PetrelPterodroma cookii |
Open Ocean |
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Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea |
Open Ocean |
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Fea's PetrelPterodroma feae |
Open Ocean |
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Flesh-footed ShearwaterPuffinus carneipes |
Open Ocean |
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Great ShearwaterPuffinus gravis |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters |
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Great-winged PetrelPterodroma macroptera |
Open Ocean |
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Hawaiian PetrelPterodroma sandwichensis |
Open Ocean |
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Herald PetrelPterodroma heraldica |
Open Ocean |
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Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters |
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Mottled PetrelPterodroma inexpectata |
Open Ocean |
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Murphy's PetrelPterodroma ultima |
Open Ocean |
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Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialis |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs |
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Parkinson's PetrelProcellaria parkinsoni |
Open Ocean |
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Pink-footed ShearwaterPuffinus creatopus |
Open Ocean |
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Short-tailed ShearwaterPuffinus tenuirostris |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters |
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Sooty ShearwaterPuffinus griseus |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters |
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Stejneger's PetrelPterodroma longirostris |
Open Ocean, Coastal Cliffs |
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Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelas |
Open Ocean |
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Townsend's ShearwaterPuffinus auricularis |
Open Ocean |
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Wedge-tailed ShearwaterPuffinus pacificus |
Open Ocean |
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White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialis |
Open Ocean |
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Human-altered Areas0 species |
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Fresh Water0 species |
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Grassland and Scrubland0 species |
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Forest and Woodlands0 species |