Flesh-footed Shearwater

Puffinus carneipes

Order

PROCELLARIIFORMES

Family

Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)

Code 4

FFSH

Code 6

PUFCAR

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Hooked Seabird
Eye Color: Black.
Head Pattern: Plain
Crown Color: Gray-brown
Forehead Color: Gray-brown
Nape Color: Gray-brown
Throat Color: Gray-brown
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 48-51 cm (19-20 in)
Weight: 589 g (20.8 oz)
Size: 4. Large (16 - 32 in)
Color Primary: Brown
Underparts: Gray-brown
Upperparts: Gray-brown
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Slow flight with stiff-winged flapping and gliding near water surface.
Wingspan Range: 99-109 cm (39-43 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Rounded Tail, Squared Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Gray-brown
Under Tail: Gray-brown
Leg Color: Pink-brown

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