Short-tailed Shearwater, Procellariiformes, Procellariidae, Puffinus tenuirostris

Description: Dark sooty brown overall, steep forehead. Short bill. Lighter adults have obvious silvery under wing panels. (see photos at right) They usually have darker and more uniform underwing coverts thant he Sooty

	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