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STREAKED SHEARWATER FACTS |
Description
The Streaked Shearwater is a large sea bird of the open ocean and inshore waters. This shearwater has dark greyish brown upper parts and white underside. The head is white with pale brown streaks. The thick bill is pale grey and the legs and feet are pink. It is often seen with other sea birds.
Size
up to 50 cm length with 120 cm wingspan
Habitat
open ocean and inshore waters
Food
fish and squid
Breeding
nests in burrows on forested hills
Range
Nests is Japan and Korea, and migrates south to feed. It is an uncommon migrant to northern parts of Australia where it is sometimes seen off the north coast
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Procellariiformes | | Family: | Procellariidae | | Genus: | Calonectris | | Species: | leucomelas | | Common Name: | Streaked Shearwater |
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