Birds of Brazil

    PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels)  
Genus: Ardenna (2 species, 7 worldwide)

Ardenna is a genus of shearwater, which are large (around 40 cm.) pelagic diving birds.


Great Shearwater
Great Shearwater (Ardenna gravis)
South Africa  
   
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.

Great Shearwater
Great Shearwater (Ardenna gravis)
East of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
  Note grey on belly.
   
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


Sooty Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna grisea) Near Threatened
Cape Pillar, Tasmania, Australia
  Back of wings sooty brown.
   
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info



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