Pink-footed shearwater
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Procellariidae |
| Genus: | Ardenna |
| Species: | A. creatopus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ardenna creatopus (Coues, 1864)
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The pink-footed shearwater (Ardenna creatopus) is a
Atlantic relative in the great shearwater.[2][3] These are large shearwaters which are among those that could be separated in the genus Ardenna.[4]
A
conspecific.[5]
This species is
pelagic, occurring in the Pacific Ocean. It predominantly nests on offshore islands off Chile, i.e. Mocha Island
. It is a transequatorial migrant, moving toward subarctic waters of the Pacific after raising its young. It is fairly common well off the West Coast of the United States during the country's warmer months.
The pink-footed shearwater feeds on mainly
crustaceans
.
This bird nests in
burrows, preferring forested
slopes. It is a colonial nester.
Numbers of this shearwater have been reduced due to predation by introduced species, such as rats and cats. Some loss of birds also occurs from becoming entangled in fishing gear. The pink-footed shearwater is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels applies.[6]
References
- . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- (HTML abstract)
- DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2004)121[0847:AGMPOT]2.0.CO;2 HTML abstract
- doi:10.1071/MU01060(HTML abstract)
- hdl:2445/193747.
- ^ "Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Further reading
- Carboneras, Carles (1992): 54. Pink-footed Shearwater. In: del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew & Sargatal, Jordi (editors): ISBN 84-87334-10-5
- Harrison, Peter (1991): Seabirds: An Identification Guide. Houghton Mifflin.
- ISBN 0-7922-6877-6
External links
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