Flesh-footed Shearwater (Ardenna carneipes)
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About Flesh-footed Shearwater (Ardenna carneipes)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Birds
- Order: Tubenoses
- Family: Shearwaters and Petrels
The flesh-footed shearwater, is a medium-large shearwater that mainly inhabits the Indo-Pacific. Its plumage is black with pale pinkish feet, and a pale bill with a distinct black tip. Together with the equally light-billed pink-footed shearwater, it forms the Hemipuffinus group, a superspecies which may or may not have an Atlantic relative in the great shearwater. These large shearwaters are among those that have been separated into the genus Ardenna. Recent genetic analysis indicates evidence of strong divergence between Pacific colonies relative to those in South and Western Australia, thought to be explained by philopatry and differences in foraging strategies during the breeding season.
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Visits
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2007-09-23
Monterey Bay, United States of America -
2012-01-20
Kaikoura, New Zealand -
2012-01-28
Whitianga, New Zealand -
2012-11-24
Wollongong Pelagic Trip, Australia -
2013-08-18
Farallones Marine Sanctuary, United States of America -
2023-04-10
Bremer Bay, Australia -
2023-04-12
Cape Leeuwin, Australia
