Order: Procellariformes | Family: Procellariidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Coast of Argentina
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Coast of Lima
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Coast of Lima
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Coast of Lima
Status: The Sooty Shearwater is common in pelagic waters and also near the coast. Sometimes form flocks in the form of long streams possibly moving or migrating. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Ch.
Name in Spanish: Pardela Oscura.
Sub-species: Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna griseus), (J. F. Gmelin), 1789.
Meaning of Name: Ardenna: L. Ardenna or Artènna= Name given to the Diomedean or seabirds in some Italian dialects. griseus: L. griseum, griseus or grisius= grey.
Formerly known as Puffinus griseus (2018).
Voice
Generally silent at seas.
References:
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2017.