LOCAL NAMES

• Local Names : පැලොල්පා දියලවකයා, puffin aux pieds frais, 新鮮な足のせん断水, maji safi ya shearwater, versvoetige pijlstormvogel, ताजा पैरों वाला शीयरवाटर, புதிய பாதம் கொண்ட கத்தரி நீர், مياه القص العذبة, تازہ پاؤں کا پانی, Puffin à pieds pâles
• Afrikaans Bruinpylstormvoël
• Arabic جلم ماء فاتح القدم
• Chinese 肉足水薙鳥
• Chinese (SIM) 淡足鹱
• Czech buřňák světlonohý
• Danish Lysbenet Skråpe
• Dutch Australische Grote Pijlstormvogel
• English Flesh-footed Shearwater
• English (United States) Flesh-footed Shearwater
• French Puffin à pieds pâles
• French (French Guiana) Puffin à pieds pâles
• German Blassfuß-Sturmtaucher
• Greek Ωχρόραμφος Μύχος
• Hebrew יסעור כהה-כנף
• Hungarian Barna vészmadár
• Icelandic Haglskrofa
• Indonesian Penggunting-laut kaki-merah
• Japanese アカアシミズナギドリ
• Korean 붉은발슴새
• Lithuanian Storasnapė audronaša
• Malayalam ചെങ്കാലൻ തിരവെട്ടി
• Norwegian lysbeinlire
• Polish burzyk bladodzioby
• Portuguese (Portugal) Pardela-de-patas-rosadas
• Romanian Ielcovan cu picioare deschise
• Russian Бледноногий буревестник
• Serbian Smeđi svetlonogi zovoj
• Slovak víchrovník bledonohý
• Slovenian Vražji viharnik
• Spanish Pardela Paticlara
• Spanish (Chile) Fardela de patas pálidas
• Spanish (Ecuador) Pardela Paticárnea
• Spanish (Mexico) Pardela Patas Pálidas
• Spanish (Peru) Pardela de Pata Pálida
• Spanish (Spain) Pardela paticlara
• Swedish ljusfotad lira
• Turkish Soluk Gagalı Yelkovan
• Ukrainian Буревісник світлоногий

DESCRIPTION

a medium-sized shearwater. Its plumage is black. It has pale pinkish feet, and a pale bill with a distinct black tip. Fairly common over much of Pacific and Indian oceans; uncommon to rare off west coast of North America. Shorter-tailed and stockier than dark-morph Wedge-tailed Shearwater (which usually has dark bill). The species also suffers from climate related impacts and significant heavy metal contamination, the cause of which is not fully understood, but is likely due to the ingestion of significant quantities of plastic, which the birds mistake for food floating on the ocean surface. Breeds on islands off the coast of southern Australia and northern New Zealand. Not likely to be seen from land; stays further offshore.