Pink-footed Shearwater (Ardenna creatopus)

OTHER NAMES: N/A
Latin Etymology: Ardenna ("of Ardennes") creatopus ("flesh foot")

 Adult Pink-footed Shearwater (Ardenna creatopus) on Half Moon Bay Pelagic September 2022

Featured Subspecies: N/A
Weight: 580-900g  /  Length: 48cm  /  Wingspan: 109cm
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Vulnerable

The Pink-footed Shearwater is a fairly large Shearwater species found on the waters off the Pacific off the Americas. It breeds primarily on the Juan Fernández Islands and Isla Mocha in Chile and disperses over vast distances as far North as Alaska. It's exact taxonomy is somewhat in dispute as some genetic testing as suggested it is only neglibily different from the similar Flesh-footed shearwater.

Related Species:
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Genus: Ardenna
SUBSPECIES: none - monotypic 

 - Sighting Locations -

UNITED STATES 
Seen offshore on the Pacific coasts
- CALIFORNIA 2022 TRIP: Seen on the Half Moon Bay Pelagic Trip
 

Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto