Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels
Buller’s Shearwater
Ardenna bulleri
- Family
- Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels (Procellariidae)
- Order
- Procellariiformes
Overview
Buller's shearwater (Ardenna bulleri) is a Pacific species of seabird in the family Procellariidae; it is also known as the grey-backed shearwater or New Zealand shearwater. A member of the black-billed wedge-tailed Thyellodroma group, among the larger shearwaters of the genus Ardenna, it forms a superspecies with the wedge-tailed shearwater (A. pacificus).
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Range and habitat
Breeds Poor Knights Islands (off northern North Island, New Zealand); wide trans-Pacific dispersal northward to the Aleutian Islands, also eastern Australia and western South American waters to central Chile.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Buller's shearwater
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
