Scientific Name: Puffinus griseus
Population Estimate: 20M, Near Threatened status
Range / Habitat: Sooty Shearwaters breed on small islands in the south Pacific and south Atlantic Oceans, mainly around New Zealand, the Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego and also in the Auckland Islands and Phillip Island off Norfolk Island.
Field Notes: A large shearwater. In the Atlantic, the only one that appears
uniformly dark sooty brown above and below, with silvery whitish wing
linings. Bill and feet dark. This slender, narrow-winged seabird skims
on stiff wings over the waves, alternately gliding and flapping.
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