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Newell's Shearwater - BirdForum Opus

Puffinus newelli

Identification

33 cm. Black above and white below, black half-collar, black undertail-coverts and thighs, white flank patch extending to side of rump. Underwing black around leading and trailing borders sharply demarcated from central white areas.

Distribution

Breeds Hawaiian Islands (primarily Kauai, also Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii); nonbreeding in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
Formerly considered conspecific with Townsend's Shearwater and Rapa Shearwater.

Habitat

Rocky burrows, bushy areas at forest edge.

Behaviour

It nests in rocky burrows.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2015. IOC World Bird Names (version 5.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.

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External Links

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