Christmas Shearwater

Puffinus nativitatis

• Group: Other
• Max size: 38 cm
• IUCN status: LC

This shearwater feeds by pursuit plunging, often joining mixed flocks over schools of tuna that drive small prey to the surface. It nests on tropical Pacific islands, rarely follows ships, and grows to about 38 centimetres.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Procellariiformes › Procellariidae › Puffinus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 343987.