Species: Puffinus carneipes

Flesh-footed Shearwater
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Aves

    Order

    Procellariiformes

    Family

    Procellariidae

    Genus

    Puffinus

    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).
    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
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G4
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    2009-05-08
    Global Status Last Changed
    2009-05-08
    Other Status

    LC - Least concern

    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)
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