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Puffinus nativitatis, Christmas shearwater

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Puffinus nativitatis   Streets, 1877

Christmas shearwater
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Aves | Procellariiformes | Procellariidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Pelagic.  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Pacific Ocean and Western Central Atlantic. Tropical and subtropical.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 38.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8812); max. published weight: 340.00 g (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

Culmen: 3.24 cm; tarsus: 4.85 cm; wing: 26.2 cm.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Total Length: 35 to 38 cm; Wingspan: 71 to 81 cm (Ref. 8812). Pelagic (Ref. 122680). Colonial breeder. Does not typically trail ships (Ref. 91362). Exhibits pursuit-plunging (Ref.356). Often forages in large, mixed species flocks associated with schools of large predatory fishes which drive prey species to the surface. Feeds from the surface by seizing prey while sitting on the water or by shallow pursuit plunges; also feeds by dipping or picking prey from the water while on the wing. Diet almost equally split between fish and squid (Ommastrephidae) (Ref. 122680).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Fosberg, F.R., M.-H. Sachet and D.R. Stoddart. 1983. (Ref. 87896)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 August 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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