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Sooty Shearwater

Ardenna grisea

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 14,473, February 12,526, March 13,043, April 16,178, May 15,711, June 11,557, July 9,899, August 10,082, September 12,794, October 13,071, November 16,806, December 12,956.
United States239,646
California159,097
Alaska27,387
Washington20,857
Canada16,789
Oregon9,718
Massachusetts8,741
British Columbia8,466
Maine4,453
Hawaii3,728

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderTubenoses · Procellariiformes
FamilyShearwaters and Petrels · Procellariidae
GenusSouthern Shearwaters · Ardenna

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