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Puffinus griseus (Gmelin, 1789)
Sooty shearwater
Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Aves | Procellariiformes | Procellariidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Others; depth range 0 - 93 m (Ref. 120202), usually 20 - 70 m (Ref. 120202). Temperate; 65°N - 67°S, 180°W - 180°E (Ref. 125423)
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Circumglobal.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 46.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8812); max. published weight: 869.00 g (Ref. 356)
Short description Morphology
Culmen: 4.14 cm; tarsus: 5.67 cm; wing: 30.0 cm.
Total Length: 40 to 46 cm; Wingspan: 94 to 104 cm (Ref. 8812). Wingspan: 105 cm (Ref. 91362). Nocturnal (Ref. 87784). Exhibits pursuit plunging and surface diving (Ref. 356). Gregarious at sea. Does not typically trail ships (Ref. 91362). Mean maximum diving depth on foraging trips, 39 m, and greatest depth recorded at 67 m. During the northern summer, migrates from the Antipodes into the North Pacific. In New Zealand, displaced their foraging competitors, the Antarctic Terns (Sterna vittata) from crustacean swarms by agitating the tern flock and covering the foraging surface in dense rafts. Does not breed in the North Pacific despite multitudes spending austral winter there after their long transequatorial migration from breeding areas in Australia and New Zealand (Ref. 87784). Colonial breeder (Ref. 91362) at sub-antarctic islands (Refs. 356, 91362). Winters in the sub-topical Pacific (Ref. 356). Burrow- and crevice-nesting; early in nesting cycle, wander in and out of burrows; burrows without breeding owners having as much as 10 different individuals within a single season. Population declines linked to fish-net mortality (Ref. 87784).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Lepage, D. 2007 Avibase -the World Bird Database. http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/avibase.jsp [accessed 09/07/2007]. (Ref. 7816)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Near Threatened (NT) (A2de+3de+4de); Date assessed: 19 August 2019
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Estimates based on models
Price category
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.