Flesh-footed Shearwater

Ardenna carneipes

Near Threatened

The Flesh-footed Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of tropical and subtropical Indian and Pacific oceans. It ranges widely over the sea, using dynamic soaring or low gliding flight to find fish, squid, crustaceans, and carrion, and usually nests in burrows, crevices, or remote island colonies.

Family

Procellariidae

Group

Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels

Range

Flesh-footed Shearwater Range — Resident or seasonal range in tropical and subtropical Indian and Pacific oceans

Population

≈ 300K-650K

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