Wedge-tailed Shearwater - Puffinus pacificus

Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Scientific name: Puffinus pacificus
Higher classification: Puffinus
Kingdom:     Animalia
Phylum:     Chordata
Class:     Aves
Order:     Procellariiformes
Family:     Procellariidae
Genus:     Puffinus
Species:     P. pacificus

      The wedge-tailed shearwater is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It is one of the shearwater species that is sometimes referred to as a muttonbird, like the sooty shearwater of Australia. It ranges across from throughout the tropical Pacific and Indian Ocean roughly between latitudes 35°N and 35°S. It breeds on islands off of Japan, on the Islas Revillagigedo, the Hawaiian Islands, the Seychelles and off Eastern and Western Australia. Wedge-tailed Shearwater is migrant or vagrant birds in Sri Lanka.

 

Streaked Shearwater - Calonectris leucomelas

Streaked Shearwater
Scientific name: Calonectris leucomelas

Higher classification: Calonectris
Kingdom:     Animalia
Phylum:     Chordata
Class:     Aves
Order:     Procellariiformes
Family:     Procellariidae
Genus:     Calonectris
Species:     C. leucomelas

      The Streaked Shearwater is a species of seabird. The bird is 48 cm in size, with a 122 cm wingspan. This species is pelagic, but also occurs in inshore waters. Streaked Shearwater is migrant or vagrant birds in Sri Lanka.

Jouanin's Petrel - Bulweria fallax

Jouanin's Petrel  

Scientific name: Bulweria fallax
Higher classification: Bulweria
Kingdom:     Animalia
Phylum:     Chordata
Class:     Aves
Order:     Procellariiformes
Family:     Procellariidae
Genus:     Bulweria
Species:     B. fallax

        

       The Jouanin's petrel is a species of seabird in the Procellariidae family. It is found in Djibouti, Indonesia, Pakistan, Kenya, Maldives, Mozambique, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Somalia, and Yemen. Jouanin's Petrel is migrant or vagrant birds in Sri Lanka.

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