Streaked Shearwater

Calonectris leucomelas

Order

PROCELLARIIFORMES

Family

Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)

Code 4

STRS

Code 6

CALLEU

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Hooked Seabird
Eye Color: Brown to brown-black.
Head Pattern: Plain, Streaked, Eyering
Crown Color: Brown and white.
Forehead Color: White
Nape Color: Brown and white.
Throat Color: White
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 48 cm (19 in)
Weight: 626 g (22.1 oz)
Size: 4. Large (16 - 32 in)
Color Primary: White, Brown
Underparts: White
Upperparts: Gray-brown
Back Pattern: Scaled or Scalloped
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Languid flight of slow wing beats with low glides.
Wingspan Range: 122 cm (48 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Squared Tail
Tail Pattern: Streaked
Upper Tail: Gray-brown
Under Tail: White and brown.
Leg Color: Pink

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