Pink-footed Shearwater, Procellariiformes, Procellariidae, Puffinus creatopus

Description: Light & Dark brown on top, dusky on head without contrasting aptterns, mottled underwing, white belly with a pale pinkish bill.

	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

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