Sooty shearwater - Wikipedia
The sooty shearwater (Ardenna grisea) is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. In New Zealand, it is also known by its Māori name tītī, and is harvested by Māori people for muttonbird, like its relatives the wedge-tailed shearwater (A. pacificus) and the Australian short-tailed shearwater (A. tenuirostris).
Sooty Shearwater Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of ...
One of the most widespread and numerous of all pelagic seabirds, the Sooty Shearwater is an unassuming, dark brown bird with silvery flashes in the underwing. With stiff wingbeats they fly low over the ocean ("shearing" the water), using wind power to glide long distances.
Sooty Shearwater | Audubon Field Guide
Best recognized by shape and typical shearwater flight action, flapping and gliding in calm weather, gliding and scaling more in wind. Dark all over with tapering forehead and thin black bill, and with ragged white area on underside of wing.
Sooty Shearwater - eBird
Medium-sized, dark brown shearwater with silvery flashes on underwings. Narrow wings with quick, deep wingbeats. Widespread and common, especially in the Pacific; can sometimes be seen close to shore.
Sooty Shearwater Identification - All About Birds
One of the most widespread and numerous of all pelagic seabirds, the Sooty Shearwater is an unassuming, dark brown bird with silvery flashes in the underwing. With stiff wingbeats they fly low over the ocean ("shearing" the water), using wind power to glide long distances.
Sooty Shearwater Life History - All About Birds
One of the most widespread and numerous of all pelagic seabirds, the Sooty Shearwater is an unassuming, dark brown bird with silvery flashes in the underwing. With stiff wingbeats they fly low over the ocean ("shearing" the water), using wind power to glide long distances.
Sooty shearwater | Animals | Monterey Bay Aquarium
Among the long-distance champions of the animal world, sooty shearwaters undertake a remarkable migration. Every year, the winged wayfarers fly 40,000 miles (64,000 km) round-trip, tracing a figure-eight path from breeding sites in the Southern Hemisphere to richer feeding sites in the North Pacific Ocean. Up to 17 inches (43 cm)