Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)
Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) - HBW 1, p. 254
French: Puffin fuligineux
German: Dunkler Sturmtaucher
Spanish: Pardela Sombría
Other common names: Sombre Petrel/Shearwater
Taxonomy: Procellaria grisea Gmelin, 1789, Southern Hemisphere between 35° S and 50° S = New Zealand.
Monotypic.
Distribution: S Chile and Falkland Is; SE Australia and New Zealand area.
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A bird swimming peacefully and taking off away. Locality Port Pegassus, Stewart Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2013 12 weeks ago 27 sec 4.4 -
Large feeding flock landing on surface of water, some diving, some taking off. Locality Breaksea Sound, Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand
Neil Robertson 16 February 2009 2 years ago 42 sec 4.2 -
Part of large flock, at rest, drifting close to boat. Locality Breaksea Sound, Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand
Neil Robertson 16 February 2009 2 years ago 30 sec 4.1 -
A big group of birds swimming and flying over the sea. Locality Port Pegassus, Stewart Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2013 12 weeks ago 37 sec 4.1 -
Large concentration ob birds swimming and taking off. Locality Port Pegassus, Stewart Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2013 12 weeks ago 49 sec 4 -
A group of birds on the water, resting, preening and flapping the wings. Locality Port Pegassus, Stewart Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2013 12 weeks ago 45 sec 3.7
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At sea off Kaikoura
Locality Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand
John and Jemi Holmes 26 March 2013 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
A bird swimming.
Locality Port Pegassus, Stewart Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2013 11 weeks ago 3.9 -
Flying over the Pacific Ocean.
Locality Cleland Island, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada (Monotypic species)
Ken Simonite 26 July 2012 42 weeks ago 3.8 -
Bird starting to fly off
Locality Pucusana, Lima Department, Peru
Nature Expeditions Peru 1 August 2008 3 years ago 3.7 -
Bird flying over sea
Locality Khor Kalba, Kalba, Sharjah Emirate, United Arab Emirates (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 30 March 2012 39 weeks ago 3.2 -
Sooty Shearwater flying
Locality Pucusana, Lima Department, Peru
Nature Expeditions Peru 1 July 2009 3 years ago 3
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An adult calling softly in a burrow Locality New Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands
Laurent Demongin 25 October 2010 2 years ago 5
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