Species: Puffinus creatopus
Pink-footed Shearwater
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Procellariidae
Genus
Puffinus
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Pardela Blanca, Pardela Patas Rojas - Puffin à pieds roses
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
Short General Description
A seabird (shearwater).
Migration
false - false - true - Migrates off Central American coast mainly May-June and September-October. Occurs off Pacific coast of North America mainly spring-fall; the vast majority of the population is off the North American coast during the northern spring and summer. Observed October-December at sea near Hawaii (Pratt et al. 1987).
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
Fishes and small crustaceans. Eats more fishes than do most shearwaters (Stiles and Skutch 1989).
Reproduction Comments
Eggs are laid in December-January. Clutch size is 1. Young begin to fly 89-95 days after hatching (Terres 1980).
Ecology Comments
Solitary or gregarious at sea (Stiles and Skutch 1989). May be seen in association with sooty shearwater.
Length
48
Weight
721
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G3
Global Status Last Reviewed
2008-10-31
Global Status Last Changed
2008-10-31
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
AB - <100-250 square km (less than about 40-100 square miles) - AB - Breeding range is restricted to islands off Chile (Más á Tierra [Robinson Crusoe] and Santa Clara in the Juan Fernández group, and Isla Mocha in Arauco Bay) (AOU 1998). Away from nesting islands, the species ranges at sea off the Pacific coast of the Americas, north at least as far as south-coastal Alaska (AOU 1998).<br><br>Coded range extent refers to the terrestrial breeding range, which is less than 150 square kilometers, based on the sizes of the nesting islands..
Global Range Code
AB
Global Range Description
<100-250 square km (less than about 40-100 square miles)