Flesh-footed Shearwater
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| Puffinus carneipes Gould, 1844 |
The Flesh-footed Shearwater, Puffinus carneipes, is a small shearwater. Its plumage is black. It has pale pinkish feet, and a pale bill with a black tip.
It breeds in colonies on the following locations:
- islands off Western Australia
- Lord Howe Island, off the Australian east coast, where 20,000 to 40,000 pairs breed
- New Zealand, where 50,000 to 100,000 pairs breed
- St Paul Island in the Indian Ocean, where 600 pairs breed
It occurs as a summer visitor in the North Pacific Ocean as far north as British Columbia.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Puffinus carneipes. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 10 May 2006. Database entry includes a lengthy justification of why this species is of least concern
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