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Christmas
Shearwater Chocolate brown in color this bird grows to about 14 inches. It has a short rounded tail and their bills are black and they have dark brown legs and feet. Theey fly with stiff wings with a span from 28-32 inches. They have live up towards 10-11 years. |
The Christmas Shearwater feeds where there are predatory fish like the skipjack tuna who drive newly hatched fish to the surface. This includes the mackerel scad, flying squid, goat fish, and squirel fish. Using a sense of smell they capture their prey by diving into the water and chasing it.
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The
Christmas Shearwater makes a high pitched screeching that sounds like
a cat.
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The Christmas Shearwater seeks land only to breed. They come to the offshshore island of Mokumanu starting in February. They lay one white egg on the bare sand sheltered by grass or other vegetation. |
The
Christmas Shearwater seeks land only for breeding.