Shearwater

Shearwater From LoveToKnow 1911 SHEARWATER, the name of a bird, first published in F. Willughby's Ornithologia (p. 252), as made known to him by Sir T. Browne, who sent a picture of it with an account that is given more fully in J.

Shearwater Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology common name for members of the family Procellariidae, gull-like sea birds related to the petrel and the albatross and including the fulmar.

Shearwaters and Petrels Shearwaters, Fulmars - Family Procellariidae Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris diomedea. Rare to uncommon in summer and fall in Gulf Coast region. Pelagic. Found in the Gulf.

Shearwater Family of seabirds gull like in appearance related to a to the petrel and the albatross also including the fulmar. This species of birds can be found on the unfrozen salt waters throughout the world, there is 35 species in North America.

This shearwater is identifiable by its size, at 45-56 cm in length and with a 112-126 cm wingspan. It has brownish-grey upperparts, white underparts and yellowish bill.

Shearwaters and your North American Bird List Shearwaters are best added to your North American list as pelagics. Two of the five shearwaters seen in New England waters are southern hemisphere breeders: Greater and Sooty.

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Shearwaters feed offshore, by 'contact-dipping' with their long, slender bills.

Shearwaters feed on krill, squid and fish. Their main methods of feeding are plunging into the water, pursuing underwater, surface seizing, scavenging, hydroplaning and bottom feeding. These capable swimmers are able to dive to 10 meters.

Manx Shearwaters have colonized eastern North America since then; a single nest was discovered in Massachusetts in 1973 (Bierregaard et al. 1975), ...

Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) The Manx Shearwater breeds on islands and coastal cliffs in the North Atlantic. It breeds in large colonies and it nests in burrows excavated in soft ground with a chamber at the end.

Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus These seabirds glide along the troughs of waves and nest in burrows. Statistics Length: 30-35cm. Wingspan: 71-83cm.

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Sooty Shearwater 94. Puffinus stricklandi Ridgw. SOOTY SHEARWATER; BLACK HAGDON. Ad.--Upper parts, wings, and tail dark, sooty, brownish black; under parts somewhat grayer; bill blackish. L., 17.00; W., 12.00; Tar., 2.10; B., 1.65.

MANKS SHEARWATER, Puffinus anglorum, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. iii. p. 604. Adult, 15, 32. Not uncommon off the coast of Maine during summer. Breeds on Sable Island, off Nova Scotia. Ranges, at times, to great distances seaward.

The name shearwater is applied to that sub-division of the Procellariidae (petrel) family whose members have a skimming flight pattern, a flap and rapid glide, close to the surface of the sea.

Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus Regular Autumn passage seabird.

Flesh-footed Shearwater - profile Scientific name: Puffinus carneipes Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable Description ...

01/19/98 NAME - Manx Shearwater FAMILY - Procellariidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Puffinus puffinus puffinus SYNONYMS - Procellaria puffinus (BrÜnnich) REFERENCES - 1 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Questionable in Belize, ...

SHEARWATERS: National Park and Wildlife Service ... Otterside - Audubon's Shearwater: Audubon's Shearwater (Virtual Bird Field Guide) ... New England Seabirds ... USGS ... Audubon's Shearwate ... Birds of Nova Scotia ...

Shearwaters, fulmars and petrels make up this family. These birds are gull-sized with long wings. Species in this family: Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri) Black-capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata) Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) ...

Manx shearwaters in Scotland have been found to contain organochlorines from pesticides. Heavy metals recorded in shearwater tissue include zinc, cadmium, and mercury.

Sooty Shearwater Spring Sighting Information: rare Nest on or near Refuge? no Northern Shoveler Spring Sighting Information: common Nest on or near Refuge? no ...

Cory's Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Leach's Storm-Petrel Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Masked Booby Magnificent Frigatebird Bridled Tern Sooty Tern The Storm-Petrels are most common from May through August and become scarce by September.

Streaked Shearwater (boat), Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel (boat), loons (boat), guillemots (boat), paffins (boat), auklets (boat), cuckoos (mainly spring), Siberian Accentor (late autumn), Japanese, Rufous-tailed and Siberian Blue Robin, Siberian Rubythroat, ...

Newell's Shearwater Working Group (2005) Draft Newell's Shearwater five-year workplan. Unpublished document.

Lowland Copperheads have also been recorded utilizing shearwater burrows on The Nut at Stanley and on islands. Copperheads eat a variety of prey, typically feeding on lizards and frogs.

This commensal relationship between the salmon and the birds is noted to be especially strong in such species as the White-fronted Tern, Sterna striata, Fluttering Shearwater, Puffinus gavia, and Buller's Shearwater, Puffinus bulleri.

Procellariidae - Petrels, Shearwaters, and Fulmar Black-capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata) - off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 5/31/07 Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) - off Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 5/31/07 ...

Another group of water birds, the Procellariiformes, or "tube noses" (named for their nostril shape), consists of strictly marine species: the albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters.

Albatrosses (DIOMEDEIDAE) Shearwaters and Petrels (PROCELLARIIDAE) Storm-Petrels (HYDROBATIDAE) Pelicans and Allies (PELECANIFORMES) ...

Procellariiformes (Albatrosses, Shearwaters, and Allies) Hydrobatidae (Storm-Petrels) ...

Harrier Hawk Madagascar Sacred Ibis Magellan Goose Magellanic Penguin Magellanic Plover Magnolia Warbler Magpie Magpie Shrike Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Malachite Sunbird Malaysian Plover Mallard Mandarin Duck Mangrove Honeyeater Manx Shearwater ...

See also: Petrel, Puffin, Manx Shearwater, Storm-Petrel, Gannet