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| − | [[Image:Sooty_Shearwater.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Joe Cockram.<br />Photo taken: Atlantic Ocean, not too far from [[Scilly]].]] | + | [[Image:Sooty_Shearwater.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Joe Cockram.<br />Photo taken: Atlantic Ocean, not too far from [[Scilly Isles|Scilly]].]] |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Length 17-18" (43-46 cm), wingspan 40" (101 cm). Narrow. pointed wings. Uniformly dark brown except whitish wing linings. | Length 17-18" (43-46 cm), wingspan 40" (101 cm). Narrow. pointed wings. Uniformly dark brown except whitish wing linings. | ||
Revision as of 01:35, 13 June 2008
- Puffinus griseus
Identification
Length 17-18" (43-46 cm), wingspan 40" (101 cm). Narrow. pointed wings. Uniformly dark brown except whitish wing linings.
Distribution
They breed in small islands in the south Pacific and south Atlantic Oceans, mainly around New Zealand, the Falkland Islands and Tierra del Fuego.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Islands.
Behaviour
The diet includes fish and squid. They will also follow fishing boats to take fish scraps thrown overboard.
They breed in huge colonies and the female lays 1 white egg. They nest in burrows lined with plant material which are visited only at night to avoid predation by large gulls.
