Pink-footed Shearwater

Puffinus creatopusOrder: PROCELLARIIFORMESFamily: Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)
Pink-footed Shearwater Portrait
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Range Map for Pink-footed Shearwater

Overview

Pink-footed Shearwater: Large shearwater, gray-brown upperparts, white underparts, mottled brown flanks and undertail coverts. Head is gray-brown and pink bill is tipped with black. Flight feathers are dark-bordered and underwing coverts are mottled gray. Alternates slow wing beats with low glides.

Range and Habitat

Pink-footed Shearwater: Breeds on islands off coast of Chile; summer visitor off the west coast as far north as southeastern Alaska. Prefers open ocean, well offshore over the continental shelf.

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Listen:

Voice Text

Generally silent

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Related Birds:

Black-vented Shearwater
Greater Shearwater
Cook's Petrel
Streaked Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
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Family Shearwater (Procellariidae)_blue
Species Puffinus creatopus
Length19 Inches
Wingspan43 Inches

Pink-footed Shearwater

Pink-footed Shearwater: Large shearwater, gray-brown upperparts, white underparts, mottled brown flanks and undertail coverts. Head is gray-brown and pink bill is tipped with black. Flight feathers are dark-bordered and underwing coverts are mottled gray. Alternates slow wing beats with low glides.

● Song: Generally silent

● Foraging & Feeding: Pink-footed Shearwater: Feeds on small fish, squid, and crustaceans. Forages by plunge diving from flight; also snatches food from the water surface. Rarely follows ships.

● Breeding & nesting: Pink-footed Shearwater: One white egg is laid in a burrow on a grassy island and incubated by both parents for 48 to 56 days.

● Similar species: Pink-footed Shearwater: Black-vented Shearwater is much smaller with a faster wing beat. Streaked Shearwater is paler below with a streaked nape.

Flight Pattern

Languid flight of slow wing beats with low glides.
Pink-footed Shearwater Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Pink-footed Shearwater: Breeds on islands off coast of Chile; summer visitor off the west coast as far north as southeastern Alaska. Prefers open ocean, well offshore over the continental shelf.
BreedingMonogamous, Colonial
PopulationYes but uncommon
MigrationMigratory
Weight25.6 Ounces