Flesh-footed Shearwater - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by Swissboy
Lord Howe Island, October 2007

Puffinus carneipes

Distribution

South Indian and south-western Pacific Oceans.
Winters to Arabian Sea, north-western Pacific.
Can be seen off Lord Howe Island, Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand, Brisbane, Australia

Taxonomy

Photo by chiemomo
Lord Howe Island, February 2005

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Almost entirely pelagic.

Behaviour

Photo by Jim O'Shea
Tasman sea

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Flesh-footed Shearwater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Flesh-footed_Shearwater

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