Fluttering Shearwater

Puffinus gavia

Least Concern

The Fluttering Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of New Zealand, the southwest Pacific, and surrounding seas. 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

Fluttering Shearwater Range — Resident or seasonal range in New Zealand, the southwest Pacific, and surrounding seas

Population

≈ Unknown

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