Flesh-footed Shearwater (Ardenna carneipes)

Other Scientific Names
Ardenna carneipes [Christidis and Boles (2008)]

Other Names (World)
Flesh-footed Shearwater, Fleshy-footed Shearwater, Fleshy-footed Petrel, Lord Howe Island Muttonbird, Big Muttonbird, Pale-footed Shearwater

Family
Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters)

Size
40 - 46 cm
Wingspan: 130 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1844)

Derivation
Puff'-in-us - N.L., puffin: car'-ne-i-pës - L., carneus, fleshy; L., pes, foot

Abundance (Guide)
A

Locally common breeding and non-breeding visitor.

Habitat
Marine, pelagic, mainly in sub-tropical waters, mainly over continental shelves and slopes, occasionally inshore.

Range (Guide)

Australia (B), British Indian Ocean Territory, Canada, French Southern Territories, Japan, Maldives, Marshall Islands (NB), Mexico, Micronesia [Federated States of] (NB), New Zealand (B), Oman, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, USA (NB).

Vagrant to Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Madagascar, Seychelles.

Unknown to Chile.

Image of Range of Flesh-footed Shearwater

Breeds on islands in the Australiasian region and in the Indian Ocean.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 650,000 (2010).

Status NT
Estimated popuation is 650,000 (2010).

Secure.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Fish and cephalopods.

Voice
Generally silent at sea. Noisy at breeding colonies uttering a repeated, hoarse 'ku-kooo-uhg', rising to a strident scream.

Listen to call of Flesh-footed Shearwater

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Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

Flesh-footed Shearwater (Ardenna carneipes) [XC293342]
by Eddy Smith from Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand (call)

Flesh-footed Shearwater (Ardenna carneipes) [XC207345]
by Dan Lane from Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand (call)

Breeding Season (Guide)
Late September - May.

Nest
A chamber at the end of a burrow, on gentle to steep slopes, rarely on flat ground, in coastal forest or scrub.

Eggs (Guide)
1; white; long-oval; about 69 x 46 mm. Incubation: about 60 - 65 days; by both sexes.

Young
Semi-altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in about 92 days. Fed by both parents by incomplete regurgitation.

Subspecies
It has been suggested that Flesh-footed Shearwater (Ardenna carneipes), Pink-footed Shearwater (Ardenna creatopus) and Great Shearwater (Ardenna gravis), are superspecies.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9

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