Species: Puffinus carneipes
Flesh-footed Shearwater
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Procellariidae
Genus
Puffinus
NatureServe
Classification
Other Global Common Names
Fardela Negra de Patas Pálidas - Puffin à pieds pâles
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Other Birds
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae - Puffinus - (flesh-footed shearwater) constitute a superspecies (Sibley and Monroe 1990).
Ecology and Life History
Migration
false - false - true - >
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
Eats squids and fishes.
Reproduction Comments
Egg laying occurs in first week of December; clutch size is 1; young first fly about 89-95 days after hatching (Terres 1980).
Length
50
Weight
560
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G4
Global Status Last Reviewed
2009-05-08
Global Status Last Changed
2009-05-08
Other Status
LC - Least concern
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
F - 20,000-200,000 square km (about 8000-80,000 square miles) - F - Breeding occurs on islands off the south coast of western Australia, on Lord Howe Island, on islands off New Zealand (east coast of North Island), and on St. Paul Island in Indian Ocean (AOU 1998). Oceanic range includes most of the Pacific (north to the southern bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska) and the Indian Ocean (AOU 1998). This species is rare but regular off the U.S. west coast.<br><br>Coded range extent refers to breeding distribution.
Global Range Code
F
Global Range Description
20,000-200,000 square km (about 8000-80,000 square miles)