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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.
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.
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).
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 November 2024. Extinct species of bird Scarlett's shearwater Temporal range: Pleistocene – Holocene Conservation status Extinct Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Procellariiformes Family: Procellariidae Genus: Puffinus Species: † P ...
Calonectris is a genus of seabirds.The genus name comes from Ancient Greek kalos, "good" and nectris, "swimmer".. The genus comprises four large shearwaters.There are two other shearwater genera, Puffinus, which comprises 21 small to medium-sized shearwaters, and Ardenna with 7 larger species.
There are five listed subspecies of the tropical shearwater: [2] Puffinus bailloni nicolae – (Jouanin, 1971): breeds on islands in the northwest Indian Ocean. Puffinus bailloni colstoni – (Shirihai & Christie, 1996): breeds in the Aldabra Islands in the Seychelles. Puffinus bailloni bailloni – (Bonaparte, 1857): Mauritius, Réunion ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 31 January 2025. Extinct species of bird Dune shearwater Temporal range: Late Pleistocene - Holocene Skull and neck Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Procellariiformes Family: Procellariidae Genus: Puffinus Species: P. holeae Binomial name ...
The Barolo shearwater feeds in the upper 15m of the water column, which is similar to the closely related Audubon's shearwater Puffinus lherminieri of the western Atlantic and Caribbean Sea. Barolo shearwaters do not have a preferred time of day to forage or rest and they may hunt for food during either day or night, although they seem to be ...