Pink-footed shearwater (Ardenna creatopus)

The pink-footed shearwater is a species of seabird. The bird is 48 cm in length, with a 109-cm 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''.

This species is pelagic,.. more