Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels

Galapagos Shearwater

Puffinus subalaris

The Galapagos Shearwater (Puffinus subalaris) is a 168 g ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels

Order

Procellariiformes

Weight

168 g

Habitat

Marine

Diet

Aquatic predator

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

7

Photo: (c) Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist