Buller's Shearwater

Puffinus bulleri

Order

PROCELLARIIFORMES

Family

Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)

Code 4

BULS

Code 6

PUFBUL

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Hooked Seabird
Eye Color: Dark brown to brownish black.
Head Pattern: Plain, Unique pattern
Crown Color: Black
Forehead Color: Black
Nape Color: Gray-brown
Throat Color: White
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 41 cm (16 in)
Weight: 862 g (30.4 oz)
Size: 4. Large (16 - 32 in)
Color Primary: White, Gray
Underparts: White
Upperparts: Gray-brown
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Deep, strong wing beats with long glides., In strong winds soars, banks, and skims the surface, rarely beating wings.
Wingspan Range: 97 cm (38 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Squared Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Brown-black
Under Tail: White and gray.
Leg Color: Pale yellow to pink

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