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Buller's Shearwater

Order: Procellariiformes

Family: Procellariidae

Genus:Puffinus

Species:bulleri

 

Description

  • Length: 16"
  • Wing Span: 40"
  • Weight: 13oz (370g)
  • Description: Grayish & black on top, dark caop, white on flanks, belly, cheek and neck.
  • Gender Differences: Malke & Females are alike.

 

Factoids:

  •   Buller's Sooty Short-tailed Pink-footed Flesh-footed Manx
    wingspan 40" 40" 38" 43" 40" 33"
    overall color gray, black & white brown & silvery mostly brown lt. brownish & white dark brown black & white
    color of coverts white silvery brown mottled white dark white
    color of top on body black & silver dark dark lit & drk brown dark dark
    color of underside body white brown brown white dark white
    bill slinder gray dark short dark pink heavy pink slinder dark
    unique bold dark M pattern on upper wings very narrow pointed wings, sloped forehead roudned head broad-winged w/ heavy wingbeats heavy pink bill on dark brown body thin pale crescent behind dark cheek

 

 

All photo, video and audio on this site are ©2010 Jamie Osterbuhr

Life List Index #185, September 21st, 2007 - California

Sources: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, The Sibley's Guide to Birds, Sibley's Birding Bascis, The Sibley's Guide to Bird Life & Behavior