The Christmas Shearwater is a medium-sized shearwater species found in Pacific waters around Hawaii and other tropical and subtropical island groups, including Christmas Island. The species is also known as the Christmas Island Shearwater.
The Christmas Shearwater feeds on a variety of fish that it feeds on by surface hunting or shortly plunging into the water in pursuit. To help them retain prey once captured, they have specialized inward-angled serration on their beaks and tongue.
Christmas Shearwaters aren’t flashy birds; they have an entirely dark brown body plumage. Juveniles look the same as adults and males and females are also similar in appearance.
Today is Christmas Day! And it’s the last day of our 2020 Birdorable Bonanza. Our final bird is the Christmas Shearwater, a species of shearwater found around tropical and subtropical islands in the Pacific Ocean, including Christmas Island. This bird has a festive... Read more »
