s is a black-billed, blunt-tailed Shearwater like the Short-tailed Shearwater and Great Shearwater. It is also known as muttonbird and tītī in New Zealand.
It breeds on islands of the South Pacific and then flies around the whole Pacific Ocean during the rest of the year.
Classification:
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Genus: Puffinus
Species: P. griseus
Photos:
Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) - Pelagic Boat Trip - 2008 Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival, Baird
Short-tailed Shearwater - Pelagic Boat Trip - 2008 Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival, Baird
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