Audubon's Shearwater

Puffinus lherminieri

Order

PROCELLARIIFORMES

Family

Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)

Code 4

AUSH

Code 6

PUFLHE

ITIS

HEAD

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

BODY

Length Range: 30 cm (12 in)
Weight: 167 g (5.9 oz)
Size: 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
Color Primary: White, Brown, Gray
Underparts: White
Upperparts: Dark Brown
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

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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