Streaked Shearwater (Calonectris leucomelas)

Other Names (World)
Streaked Shearwater, White-faced Shearwater, White-fronted Petrel, White-fronted Shearwater

Family
Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters)

Size
47 - 49 cm
Wingspan: 120 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1835)

Derivation
Cal-o-nec'-tris - Gk, kelos, beautiful; Gk, necktris, (female) swimmer: leu-co'-mel-as - Gk, leucos, white; Gk, melas, black

Habitat
Pelagic, shelf waters and further out. Rare inshore.

Range (Guide)

Australia, Brunei Darussalam, China (mainland), Guam (NB), Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Micronesia [Federated States of] (NB), North Korea, Northern Mariana Islands (NB), Palau (NB), Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russia (Asian) (B), Solomon Islands, South Korea, Taiwan (China), Thailand, Timor-Leste (NB), USA, Vietnam.

Vagrant to Israel, Jordan, Maldives, Singapore.

Unknown to India, Sri Lanka.

Population
Estimated population is 3,000,000 (2010).

Status NT
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Planktonic crustaceans, molluscs, fish, carrion.

Voice
Usually silent at sea.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

Streaked Shearwater (Calonectris leucomelas) [XC581447]
by xuky from Qingdao, Shandong, China (hatchling or nestling)

Streaked Shearwater (Calonectris leucomelas) [XC879708]
by xuky from \u5317\u4e09\u5916\u6d77, Taiwan (?)

Nest
In a chamber at the end of a burrow.

Eggs (Guide)
1; white; long-oval; about 68 x 45 mm. Incubation: about 64 days; by both sexes.

Young
Fledge in about 66 days.

Subspecies
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

Files:

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