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;[[:Category:Ardenna|Ardenna]] carneipes | ;[[:Category:Ardenna|Ardenna]] carneipes | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
− | + | A large, all-dark shearwater with stout bill pink with dark tip, and pinkish legs. | |
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+ | ====Similar species==== | ||
+ | Hard to distinguish from [[Sooty Shearwater]] and [[Short-tailed Shearwater]] at any distance; underwing is most useful, being all-dark, lacking the paler central bad of the underwing they show. At close range, also distinguishable from these by the stout, pinkish bill and pale pinkish lags. [[Pink-footed Shearwater]] shares the bill and leg characters, but is singificantly paler below, whitish in the belly. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
− | Breeds south Indian and | + | '''Breeds''' on islands in the south Indian and southwestern Pacific Oceans, on [[Amsterdam Island]], and islands off the south and east coasts of [[Australia]] and around [[New Zealand]].<br /> |
− | '''Winters''' to Arabian Sea, | + | '''Winters''' to Arabian Sea, northwestern Pacific and in smaller numbers to northeastern Pacific. Like other shearwaters, follows prevailing winds to have a broadly figure-of-eight migration, with anitclockwise movement in the southern hemisphere and clockwise movement in the northern hemisphere. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
[[Image:18922FreshyfootedSheawater.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|chiemomo|chiemomo}}<br />Lord Howe Island, February 2005]] | [[Image:18922FreshyfootedSheawater.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|chiemomo|chiemomo}}<br />Lord Howe Island, February 2005]] | ||
− | This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. |
− | Formerly placed in genus ''[[Puffinus]]''. | + | |
+ | Formerly placed in the genus ''[[Puffinus]]''. Has sometimes been considered conspecific with [[Pink-footed Shearwater]], which replaces Flesh-footed Shearwater in the southeast Pacific Ocean<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>. | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Almost entirely pelagic. Prefers warmer surface waters. | Almost entirely pelagic. Prefers warmer surface waters. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
− | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}} | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}}#{{Ref-HBWVol1}} |
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== |
Revision as of 15:07, 10 September 2017
- Ardenna carneipes
Identification
A large, all-dark shearwater with stout bill pink with dark tip, and pinkish legs.
Similar species
Hard to distinguish from Sooty Shearwater and Short-tailed Shearwater at any distance; underwing is most useful, being all-dark, lacking the paler central bad of the underwing they show. At close range, also distinguishable from these by the stout, pinkish bill and pale pinkish lags. Pink-footed Shearwater shares the bill and leg characters, but is singificantly paler below, whitish in the belly.
Distribution
Breeds on islands in the south Indian and southwestern Pacific Oceans, on Amsterdam Island, and islands off the south and east coasts of Australia and around New Zealand.
Winters to Arabian Sea, northwestern Pacific and in smaller numbers to northeastern Pacific. Like other shearwaters, follows prevailing winds to have a broadly figure-of-eight migration, with anitclockwise movement in the southern hemisphere and clockwise movement in the northern hemisphere.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Formerly placed in the genus Puffinus. Has sometimes been considered conspecific with Pink-footed Shearwater, which replaces Flesh-footed Shearwater in the southeast Pacific Ocean[2].
Habitat
Almost entirely pelagic. Prefers warmer surface waters.
Behaviour
Readily associates with other shearwater species such as Sooty Shearwater and Pink-footed Shearwater. It is not strongly attracted to boats, except when fishing boats are discarding offal.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and J Sargatal, eds. 1992. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Ostrich to Ducks. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334108
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Flesh-footed Shearwater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 March 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Flesh-footed_Shearwater