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Audubon's Shearwater

Puffinus lherminieriOrder: PROCELLARIIFORMES Family: Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)
Codes: Common Name: AUSH Scientific Name: PUFLHE ITIS Taxonomic No.: 174561
Audubon's Shearwater Head Illustration

Head

Topo Map: Gull-like Head
  • Bill Shape: Hooked Seabird
  • Eye Color: Dark brown to brownish black.
  • Head Pattern: Eyering (complete or broken), Special (unique patterns or features)
  • Crown Color: Dark Brown
  • Forehead Color: Dark Brown
  • Nape Color: Dark Brown
  • Throat Color: White
  • Cere color: No Data
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Audubon's Shearwater Body Illustration

Body

Topo Map: Gull-like Body
  • Length Range: 30 cm (12 in)
  • Weight: 167 g (5.9 oz)
  • Size: Size 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
  • Color: White, Brown
  • Underparts: White
  • Upperparts: Dark Brown
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Audubon's Shearwater Flight Illustration

Flight

Topo Map: Gull-like Flight
  • Flight Pattern: Flap and glide flight with rapid wing beats.
  • Wingspan Range: 69 cm (27 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Dark Brown
  • Under Tail: Dark Brown
  • Leg Color: Pink
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Family Shearwater (Procellariidae)_blue
Species Puffinus lherminieri
Length12 Inches
Wingspan27 Inches

Audubon's Shearwater

Audubon's Shearwater: Small, stocky seabird with dark brown upperparts and white underparts. Underwing coverts are white. Tail is dark brown with short, gray undertail coverts. Bill is dark and legs and feet are pink. Fish and squid make up most of its diet. Alternates rapid wing beats with glides.

● Song: Generally silent

● Foraging & Feeding: Audubon's Shearwater: Feeds on fish and squid; forages by snatching prey from surface or plunge diving to depths of about six feet.

● Breeding & nesting: Audubon's Shearwater: One white egg is laid on the ground under a clump of dense vegetation or in a rock crevice. Both parents incubate the egg for about 51 days.

● Similar species: Audubon's Shearwater: Little Shearwater has more white on face and underwings, white undertail coverts, gray legs, and different flight pattern. Manx Shearwater is larger and has a different flight pattern, with more soaring and less flapping.

Flight Pattern

Flap and glide flight with rapid wing beats.
Audubon's Shearwater Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Audubon's Shearwater: Breeds on islands in tropical seas around the world. Wanders northward along the Gulf Stream from the Caribbean and Bermuda as far as the Carolinas and New England; spends most of its time on water.
BreedingColonial
PopulationDeclining
MigrationMigratory
Weight5.9 Ounces
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The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) was established in the mid-1990�s as a cooperative project among several federal agencies to improve and expand upon taxonomic data (known as the NODC Taxonomic Code) maintained by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

To find the ITIS page for a bird species go to the ITIS web site advanced search and report page at http://www.itis.gov/advanced_search.html. You can enter the TSN or the common name of the bird. It will return the ITIS page for that bird. Another way to obtain the ITIS page is to use the Google search engine. Enter the string ITIS followed by the taxonomic ID, for example "ITIS 178041" will return the page for the Allen's Hummingbird.

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