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.