Pink-footed Shearwater (Ardenna creatopus)

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

Family
Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters)

Size
48 cm
Wingspan: 110 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Coues, 1864)

Derivation
Puff'-in-us - N.L., puffin: creatopus - Gk, creatos, ? flesh, meat; Gk, pes, foot

Abundance (Guide)
V

Rare vagrant. One sighting east of Wollongong, NSW (1986).

Habitat
Marine, pelagic, in sub-Antarctic and sub-tropical eastern Pacific Ocean, migrating north to seas off western North America in the non-breeding season.

Range (Guide)

Canada (NB), Chile (B), Colombia (NB), Costa Rica (NB), El Salvador (NB), Guatemala (NB), Mexico (NB), Nicaragua (NB), Northeast Pacific (NB), Peru, Southeast Pacific (B), USA (NB).

Vagrant to Argentina, Australia, New Zealand.

Unknown to Ecuador.

Image of Range of Pink-footed Shearwater

Breeds on Mocha, Mas Atierra and Santa Clara islands, Juan Fernandez Group, Chile.

Rarity Status
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Population
Estimated population is 40,000 (2010).

Status VU
Predation by introduced mammals is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Planktonic crustaceans, molluscs, fish, carrion.

Voice
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Pink-footed Shearwater (Ardenna creatopus) [XC691334]
by Ignacio Escobar from 8 km off of Valparaiso, V Region, Chile (call, flight call)

Pink-footed Shearwater (Ardenna creatopus) [XC502555]
by Ignacio Escobar from 8 km off of Valparaiso, V Region, Chile (call)

Breeding Season (Guide)
Does not breed in Australia. Breeds on islands off west coast of South America to northrn South Pacific and eastern North Pacific Oceans.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Similar Species
Light morph with light morph of Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna pacifica) which has a longer and more wedged tail.

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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