Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)
Streaked Shearwater (Calonectris leucomelas) - HBW 1, p. 251
French: Puffin leucomèle
German: Weißgesicht Sturmtaucher
Spanish: Pardela Canosa
Other common names: White faced/White fronted/Streak headed Shearwater
Taxonomy: Procellaria leucomelas Temminck, 1835, seas of Japan and Nagasaki Bay.
Monotypic.
Distribution: NE Japan, Izu and Ryukyu Is to Pescadores Is (Taiwan); islands off E China and Korea.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult in the hand and being released in its nest site. Locality Karamzina Island, Peter the Great Bay, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 June 2009 2 years ago 54 sec 4 -
A bird fishing on the sea Locality Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Tom Tarrant 31 January 1997 7 years ago 1 min 2 sec 3.4 -
A group flying over the sea Locality Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Tom Tarrant 31 March 1995 7 years ago 45 sec 2.5
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An adult in hand.
Locality Karamzina Island, Peter the Great Bay, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 June 2009 1 year ago 3 -
Bird in flight, part of a flock of about fifty Locality Izu Islands, Japan (Monotypic species)
Alan Tate 1 April 2007 2 years ago 2.7
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