Audubon's Shearwater (us-RGV)
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Regional Information
Range, Abundance, and Seasonal Variations
Directions and Maps
General Information
Size
Length: 30cm (12in), Wingspan: ??cm (??in), Weight: 170g
Field Marks
The upperparts and the undersides of the tail and flight feathers are blackish-brown, and the rest of the underparts are white.
Similar species
It can be confused with the Manx Shearwater.
Sounds
Feeding & Behavior
It feeds in a variety of methods, both diving below the surface to chase prey, pursuit plunging, and surface feeding. It takes small fish, squid and crustaceans.
Habitat & Nesting
Found both in pelagic, offshore and inshore waters. Colonial, nesting in small burrows and crevices in rocks. Both parents share the responsibility of incubating the single egg, taking stints of between 2 to 10 days.
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Range
Across the Indian Ocean, the west Pacific, around the Galápagos Islands and in the Caribbean. The Bannerman's Shearwater nests on the Bonin Islands in the north Pacific, and the Persian Shearwater in the Arabian Sea.
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