Ads
related to: newell shearwater puffinus newelli diesel truck
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Newell's shearwater or Hawaiian shearwater (ʻaʻo), (Puffinus newelli) is a seabird in the family Procellariidae. It belongs to a confusing group of shearwaters which are difficult to identify and whose classification is controversial.
Puffinus is a genus of seabirds in the order Procellariiformes that contains about 20 small to medium-sized shearwaters.Two other shearwater genera are named: Calonectris, which comprises three or four large shearwaters, and Ardenna with another seven species (formerly often included within Puffinus).
The Rapa shearwater (Puffinus myrtae), is a rare seabird of the tropics from the family Procellariidae. It breeds on the surrounding islets of Rapa in the Austral Islands of French Polynesia where it is known locally as the kaki kaki. [2] The Rapa shearwater was first described in 1959 as a subspecies of the little shearwater. [3]
Many shearwaters are long-distance migrants, perhaps most spectacularly sooty shearwaters, which cover distances in excess of 14,000 km (8,700 mi) from their breeding colonies on the Falkland Islands (52°S 60°W) to as far as 70° north latitude in the North Atlantic Ocean off northern Norway, and around New Zealand to as far as 60° north latitude in the North Pacific Ocean off Alaska.
Hutton's shearwater (Puffinus huttoni) breeds in burrows on the sea-facing mountainside of the Kaikoura Ranges on South Island, New Zealand. The colonies are 1,200–1,800 m (3,900–5,900 ft) above sea level at a distance of 12–18 km (7.5–11.2 mi) from the coast.
The truckers accustomed to stopping for chicken fried steak at the Newell Travel Center in Newton are not happy, says one of the center’s owners.. Nearly four weeks ago, the longtime restaurant ...
Puffinus auricularus newelli breeds Kauai Puffinus opisthomelas , black-vented shearwater breeds on islands off the west coast of Baja California ; ranges in adjacent Mexican waters Puffinus gavia , fluttering shearwater breeds on the islands off the coast of New Zealand; ranges to Australia and Vanuatua
Kerry, Charls Sr. and Charlie Newell are pictured in front of the Newell Travel Plaza in 1983, when it was two years old. Generations of Newton residents remember dining at truck stop’s restaurant.