Pink-footed Shearwater

Ardenna creatopus

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About the Pink-footed Shearwater

The pink-footed shearwater (Ardenna creatopus) is a species of seabird. The bird is 48 cm (19 in) in length, with a 109 cm (43 in) wingspan. It is polymorphic, having both darker- and lighter-phase populations. Together with the equally light-billed flesh-footed shearwater, it forms the Hemipuffinus group, a superspecies that may or may not have an Atlantic relative in the great shearwater. These are large shearwaters which are among those that could be separated in the genus Ardenna. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2021 found very little genetic difference between the pink-footed shearwater and the flesh-footed shearwater (Ardenna carneipes).

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Classification

Scientific name: Ardenna creatopus
Family: Shearwaters and Petrels
Order: Procellariiformes

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Other members of the shearwaters and petrels family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.

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