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Procellariiformes / Procellariidae / Ardenna

Pink-footed Shearwater

Ardenna creatopus

IUCN: Vulnerable

Taxonomy

Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Procellariidae
Genus
Ardenna

Taxonomy Changes

Puffinus creatopus Ardenna creatopus

Genus transfer — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.

Distribution

breeds Juan Fernández and Mocha islands off central Chile; ranges inshore and coastal eastern Pacific Ocean waters northward to Gulf of Alaska and southward to southern Chile

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.