Species: Puffinus bulleri

Buller's Shearwater
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Aves

    Order

    Procellariiformes

    Family

    Procellariidae

    Genus

    Puffinus

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    Fardela de Dorso Gris - Gray-backed Shearwater - New Zealand Shearwater - Puffin de Buller
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Other Birds
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae - Puffinus
    Short General Description
    A gray and white seabird (shearwater) with a wingspan of about 102 cm.
    Migration
    false - false - true - This species usually is seen off the west coast of North America during southward migration. It is a rare passage migrant in the central tropical Pacific, recorded at sea near Hawaii mainly in April and August-November (Pratt et al. 1987). It arrives in New Zealand coastal waters in September and almost all depart by the end of May (Jenkins 1988).
    Non-migrant
    false
    Locally Migrant
    false
    Food Comments
    Diet includes fishes (e.g., Pacific saury), squids and crustaceans obtained at or near the surface of the water..
    Reproduction Comments
    Egg laying occurs mostly in late November. Clutch size is 1.
    Length
    41
    Weight
    380
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G3
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    2009-05-06
    Global Status Last Changed
    1997-02-05
    Other Status

    VU - Vulnerable

    Conservation Status Map
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    Global Range
    A - <100 square km (less than about 40 square miles) - A - Breeding occurs on the Poor Knights Islands near North Island, New Zealand. One pair was found breeding on the Simmonds Islands (north of New Zealand) in the 1980s. In the nonbreeding season, this species occurs on the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of North America from the Gulf of Alaska to Baja California; near the Hawaiian Islands and Galapagos Islands; off the Kuriles; and off the western coast of South America from Ecuador to Chile (AOU 1998); and to southward to Australian waters (Sibley and Monroe 1990). In North America, it most common from Washington to central California; rarer north and south along the west coast (National Geographic Society 1983).<br><br>Coded range extent refers to the terrestrial nesting range. The total area of the Poor Knights Islands is around 24 square kilometers.
    Global Range Code
    A
    Global Range Description
    <100 square km (less than about 40 square miles)
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