Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Shearwaters and Petrels :: Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus

Described by: Gmelin (1789)
Alternate common name(s): Pacific Shearwater
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai Island, Hawaii, USA - Apr 2, 2005 © William Hull  Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai Island, Hawaii, USA - Apr 2, 2005 © William Hull  Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai Island, Hawaii, USA - Apr 2, 2005 © William Hull  Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai Island, Hawaii, USA - Apr 2, 2005 © William Hull  Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai Island, Hawaii, USA - Apr 2, 2005 © William Hull 
Select thumbnail to view larger image - Place cursor over image for image information
Select additional thumbnail page to view 5 more images.

Range

C. Pacific Ocean; Indian Ocean;
Two fragmented populations;
Breeds off w. Mexico (Revillagigedo Is., San Benedicto, Baja), most is. in the c. and sw. Pacific Ocean including Hawaiian Is. (Leeward, Nihoa, Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Hawaii), Bonin, Volcano, Taiwan (Pescadores) to Micronesia and Polynesia including Marianas, Wake, Caroline, Marshall, Johnston, Phoenix, Samoan, Marquesas, Pitcairn, Henderson, New Caledonia, Lord Howe and Norfolk Is., Solomons, Vanuatu, Fiji and Kermadec Is., se. New Guinea (Idihi and Bavo Is.), is. in the Torres Strait e. to Montagu Is., Australia (Queensland to New South Wales (Wollongong, Red Bluff), South Australia (Smith Is.). In the Indian Ocean on is. off w. Western Australia (Dampier Archipelago s. to Rottnest and Carnac Is.) and the Gulf of Aden including is. off Madagascar, Mascarene, Amirante, Cargados, Carajos Shoals, Seychelles, Maldives, Chagos Archipelago e. to Cocos Is. (n. Keeling Is.).
Disperses into the tropical Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean to Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, s. Japan, s. China, Philippines, n. and e. New Guinea, s. Java, s. Sumatra, Sri Lanka, s. Arabian Peninsula from Gulf of Oman s. to s. Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, e. South Africa to the Cape of Good Hope.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

Comments/Errors

Please email with errors/comments on this page or to donate photos.

If there is no family list to the left, you may have arrived at this page from a direct link.
Please select "Mangoverde World Bird Guide" to view the entire bird site.