Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna grisea): Photos, Range and Facts

Overview

The sooty shearwater (Ardenna grisea) is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. In New Zealand, it is also known by its Māori name tītī, and is harvested by Māori people for muttonbird, like its relatives the wedge-tailed shearwater (A. pacificus) and the Australian short-tailed shearwater (A. tenuirostris).

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Range and habitat

Breeds southeastern Australia (including Macquarie Island), New Zealand including associated subantarctic island groups, far southern South America (including the Falkland Islands), and Tristan da Cunha (south Atlantic Ocean); winters northward in North Atlantic to Greenland and northwestern Europe, and in northern Pacific to Gulf of Alaska and western USA.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.