Townsend's Shearwater

Puffinus auricularis

Endangered

The Townsend's Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of open oceans and remote breeding islands across the species' range. 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

Townsend's Shearwater Range — Resident or seasonal range in open oceans and remote breeding islands across the species' range

Population

≈ 250-1K

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