Newell's Shearwater - Puffinus newelli

Length 1.1 ft (33.0 cm)
Weight .75-.94 lb (340.2-426.4 g)
Clutch Size 1
Chicks at birth Altricial
IUCN Conservation Status Endangered
Continents:Islands
     

The Newell's Shearwater is a seabird that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It mostly breed on Kauai. I saw this bird in the open-air lobby of the Kauai Marriott Resort. It was twilight and I only had my iPhone.

They feed by diving into deep water and swimming down to a dept of up to 10 meters using their wings to swim forward. Diet is probably squid and small fish.

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