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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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 44 weeks ago 42 sec 4 -
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 44 weeks ago 30 sec 3.9 -
Several birds flying around a boat that is stopped to put out chum to attract seabirds Locality Oban, Stewart Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Brooke Clibbon 22 November 2005 5 years ago 22 sec 3 -
A bird sitting on the water and then pattering along the surface Locality Oban, Stewart Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Brooke Clibbon 22 November 2005 5 years ago 20 sec 2.9 -
A slow motioned view of a bird swimming and flying short distances. Locality Bonerate Island, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 21 October 2011 11 weeks ago 54 sec 2.8 -
A slow motioned view of a bird flying over the sea. Locality Bonerate Island, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 21 October 2011 11 weeks ago 20 sec 2.7
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A bird flying over the sea.
Locality Bonerate Island, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
James Eaton 21 October 2011 11 weeks ago 3.4 -
Bird starting to fly off
Locality Pucusana, Lima Department, Peru
Nature Expeditions Peru 1 August 2008 2 years ago 3 -
Sooty Shearwater flying
Locality Pucusana, Lima Department, Peru
Nature Expeditions Peru 1 July 2009 2 years ago 3 -
Sooty Shearwater flying.
Locality Pucusana, Lima Department, Peru
Nature Expeditions Peru 1 July 2009 2 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 1 year ago 5
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