Description The Fleshy-footed Shearwater is a large very dark brown petrel. The bill is pale flesh or whitish green tipped with dark grey. The legs and feet are pink.
Size 45cm. Wing span 100cm.
Habitat oceans and islands. Breeds on some islands off West Australia.
Food Feeds in groups. dives from surface for fish
Breeding nest is made of dry vegetation at end of a burrow one to two metres long. Lays one large white egg.
Range found during warmer months from south-west Western Australia along southern coast and up east coast to south-east Queensland
Credits: Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
