Shearwater
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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.
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
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common name for members of the family Procellariidae, gull-like sea birds related to the petrel and the albatross and including the fulmar.
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.
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.
Shearwaters fly with stiff wings and use a “shearing' flight technique to move across wave fronts with the minimum of active flight. Many are long-distance migrants. They are also long-lived, some live to 50 years.
Shearwater exploits
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The intriguing nocturnal and navigational behaviour of a true seabird, the Manx shearwater.
Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus
Identification Tips:
Length: 13? inches Wingspan: 32? inches
Sexes similar
Pelagic bird only coming ashore to breed
Medium to small shearwater
Dark bill with tube on top
Very dark upperparts ...
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 (Brünnich)
Status Uncommon summer visitant. Occurs regularly in small numbers on the Scotian Shelf and in the Bay of Fundy. The earliest spring report is of a bird seen on Browns Bank on 22 April 1976 (J.M.
Manx shearwater
A small shearwater, it has long straight slim wings, and is black above and white below. It flies with a series of rapid stiff-winged flaps followed by long glides on stiff straight wings over the sur... More...
Great Shearwater
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Greater Shearwater
Puffinus gravis
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Shearwater Birds
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A Beginners Guide to North American Shearwaters ...
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.
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.
Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus - In flight from above
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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.
The Balearic shearwater returns to land from late September and will breed from February through to June (2).
Flesh-footed shearwater - species profile (PDF - 860KB)
Flesh-footed Shearwater - profile
Scientific name: Puffinus carneipes
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable ...
Shearwaters are medium-sized long-winged seabirds. There are more than 30 species of shearwaters, a few larger ones in the genus Calonectris and many smaller species in the genus Puffinus.
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 Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) can be found on both sides of the Atlantic ocean. This species is more common in Europe but also frequents Newfoundland and New England.
Sooty Shearwater
Summer Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Northern Shoveler
Summer Sighting Information: occasional
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.
- Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
- Blue chaffinch Fringilla teydea
- Bonelli’s eagle Aquila fasciata
- Cinereous vulture Aegypius monachus
- Dalmatian pelican Pelecanus crispus
- Dark-tailed laurel pigeon Columba bollii ...
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 ...
Genus Calonectris (Cory's and streaked shearwaters)
Species Calonectris diomedea (Cory's shearwater)
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Albatrosses (DIOMEDEIDAE)
Shearwaters and Petrels (PROCELLARIIDAE)
Storm-Petrels (HYDROBATIDAE)
Pelicans and Allies (PELECANIFORMES) ...
Abstract: A previous report (Zhang and Whittow 1992) described the patterns of embryonic oxygen consumption and organ growth in the Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus pacificus). In the presents tudy, similar da..[more]..
Family: Balaenicipitidae (shoebill)
Family: Cathartidae (new world vultures)
Family: Procellariidae (petrels and shearwaters)
Family: Rostratulidae (painted snipe)
Family: Scopidae (hamerkop) ...
Puffinus opisthomelas, Black-vented Shearwater
Rachycentron canadum, Cobia
Ranzania laevis, Slender Sunfish
Regalecus glesne, Oarfish
Renilla reniformis, Sea Pansy
Rhinomuraena quaesita, Ribbon Moray
Rhinopias eschmeyeri, Eschmeyer's Scorpionfish ...
 See also: Petrel, Puffin, Manx Shearwater, Storm-Petrel, Gannet
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