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Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna grisea)

Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna grisea)
Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna grisea)

About Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna grisea)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Tubenoses
  • Family: Shearwaters and Petrels

The sooty shearwater is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. In New Zealand, it is also known by its Māori name tītī, and is harvested by Māori people for muttonbird, like its relatives the wedge-tailed shearwater and the Australian short-tailed shearwater.

Source: Wikipedia

Visits

  • 2005-02-02

    Ushuaia - Beagle Channel, Argentina
  • 2006-06-03

    Farallones Marine Sanctuary, United States of America
  • 2007-06-20

    Fort Funston, United States of America
    Not sure how many, but a continuous river a few miles out to sea.
  • 2007-09-23

    Monterey Bay, United States of America
  • 2010-05-17

    Farallones Marine Sanctuary, United States of America
    Image from 2010-05-17
    Image from 2010-05-17
  • 2012-01-03

    Stewart Island, New Zealand
  • 2012-01-22

    Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand
  • 2012-09-19

    Sutro Heights--Baths / Land's End, United States of America
  • 2012-09-19

    Sutro Heights--Baths / Land's End, United States of America
  • 2012-11-24

    Wollongong Pelagic Trip, Australia
  • 2013-08-18

    Farallones Marine Sanctuary, United States of America
  • 2014-09-01

    Pigeon Pt., United States of America
    Thousands
  • 2014-11-18

    Fort Funston, United States of America
    A large feeding group of pelicans and shearwaters quite far out. ID partially based on expected.
  • 2015-08-23

    Farallones Marine Sanctuary, United States of America
    Image from 2015-08-23
  • 2016-07-11

    St. Shott's, Canada
  • 2016-07-12

    St. Shott's, Canada
  • 2019-06-28

    Valparaiso, Chile
  • 2020-12-14

    Playa Porma, Chile
  • 2021-04-04

    Elkhorn Slough, United States of America
  • 2021-11-27

    Drake Passage, Antarctica
  • 2023-10-21

    Farallones Marine Sanctuary, United States of America