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Procellariiformes / Procellariidae / Puffinus

Newell's Shearwater

Puffinus newelli

IUCN: Critically Endangered

Taxonomy

Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Procellariidae
Genus
Puffinus

Distribution

breeds mountains of main Hawaiian Islands (primarily Kauai, also Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii); ranges to waters south of Japan and Mariana Islands and to southwestern Pacific near New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.