Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Puffinus pacificus

Order

PROCELLARIIFORMES

Family

Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)

Code 4

WTSH

Code 6

PUFPAC

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Hooked Seabird
Eye Color: Light brown ring around central dark core.
Head Pattern: Plain
Crown Color: Dark Brown
Forehead Color: Dark Brown
Nape Color: Dark Brown
Throat Color: Dark Brown
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 43-48 cm (17-19 in)
Weight: 388 g (13.7 oz)
Size: 4. Large (16 - 32 in)
Color Primary: Brown
Underparts: Dark Brown
Upperparts: Dark Brown
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Soaring with slow flapping wing beats followed by upward glide.
Wingspan Range: 97-104 cm (38-41 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Squared Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Dark Brown
Under Tail: Dark Brown
Leg Color: Pink

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