Streaked Shearwater

Streaked Shearwater is a petrel of the Western Pacific ranging from Japan to Australia. Notable features include broad wings, a brown upperside and white underwings, a head and neck flecked white and white underparts. It is 45 to 52 cm long with a wingspan of 103 to 113 cm. It nests in burrows on offshore islands of Japan and the Korean Peninsula, preferring forested hills, then migrates south to seas off northern New Guinea, the Arafura Sea and the South China Sea. (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is pelagic but also found inshore (Wikipedia, general species account). It feeds mainly on fish and squid and follows fishing boats (Wikipedia, general species account). The species belongs to seabird in the petrel family Procellariidae. It is native to the Western Pacific and ranges from Japan to Australia. This shearwater has broad wings with a brown upperside and white underwings. The head and neck are flecked white to almost complete white. (Wikipedia, general species account).