Colours

Distinguishing features

Its plumage is black. It has pale pinkish feet, and a pale bill with a black tip. (Wikipedia)

Size

Wingspan

Synonyms

Distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

It breeds in colonies, and has two main breeding areas: one in the South West Pacific Ocean includes Lord Howe Island and northern New Zealand; the other is along the coast of Western Australia from Cape Leeuwin to the Recherche Archipelago. Smaller colonies breed on St Paul Island in the Indian Ocean, as well in the Astola Island of Pakistan in the Arabian Sea.

It occurs as a summer visitor in the North Pacific Ocean as far north as British Columbia. Flesh-footed shearwaters have been sighted in the Central-North Pacific, above the main Hawaiian Islands as well. (Wikipedia)

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