Pink-footed Shearwater
Ardenna creatopus
Large shearwater, often messy-looking with smudgy brown neck and underwings. Underparts are usually fairly clean white, but sometimes mottled brownish or rarely all-dark. Look for pink bill with dark tip; namesake pink feet are hard to see. Relatively slow, lazy wingbeats compared with other shearwaters, with high arcs in strong wind. Common and widespread in the eastern Pacific, from Alaska to Chile. Occasionally seen from land, but prefers to stay offshore. Often gathers in large flocks, freely mixing with other species of shearwater.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Ardenna creatopus
- Authority
- (Coues, 1864)
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Ardenna
Range and habitat
- Breeding range
- PO : e South Pacific Ocean islands off Chile: Santa Clara and Morro Vinilla (sw of Robinson Crusoe), Robinson Crusoe (=Mas a Tierra; Juan Fernandez Is., far w of c Chile) and Isla Mocha (just w of sc Chile)
- Non-breeding range
- inshore and coastal e Pacific Ocean waters to s Chile and n to Gulf of Alaska
- Migration
- Complete migrants
Conservation
- Population trend
- unknown
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
Other Birds
Black-billed Weaver
Ploceus melanogaster
Unusual weaver that is black with a yellow face and a long, thin bill. Males have a black throat, while females have an all-yellow head save for a black mark around the eye. Males in the west have a yellow band across the breast, while in the east the breast is all black. Found in the understory and mid-story of montane forest. Usually in pairs, which creep through thick vegetation. Vocalizations include “chyet” notes and a sizzling, “radio static” song.
Red-banded Flowerpecker
Dicaeum eximium
A tiny, constantly moving bird with a short bill. Head and back are grayish-brown, throat white. Has a red chest band, gray sides of the breast, a white belly with a black stripe, buffy cinnamon flanks, and a crimson rump. Mostly inhabits lowland and hill forest up to 1000 meters of elevation, avoiding open areas and coastal forest. Short bill eliminates confusion with sunbirds and myzomelas. Common call is a harsh “tzick.”
Slaty-breasted Tinamou
Crypturellus boucardi
A furtive, almost tailless game bird that lives on the ground in humid tropical forest of lowlands and foothills. Rarely seen (sometimes crosses quiet roads or trails), but mournful drawn out song is often heard, especially early and late in the day. Plumage is dark overall with a grayish neck and breast; female has distinct barring on upperparts. Prefers humid forest, rather than drier habitats where Thicket Tinamou is found.
Start Your Bird Watching Journey
Identify a bird outdoors and keep the field guide close for your next observation.