Fluttering shearwater

Fluttering shearwater
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Genus: Puffinus
Species: P. gavia
Binomial name
Puffinus gavia
(Forster, 1844)
Puffinus gavia

The fluttering shearwater (Puffinus gavia) is a species of seabird in the Procellariidae family.

It is found in New Zealand and the Solomon Islands where its natural habitats are open seas and rocky shores.

It has in the past also been known as Forster's Shearwater.

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