How big is a Bryan's Shearwater?

The Bryan's Shearwater is a medium sized bird weighing about 147 g.

Where can you see a Bryan's Shearwater?

The Bryan's Shearwater is endemic to Japan, which is the only country where it occurs.

What birds look similar to a Bryan's Shearwater?

The Bryan's Shearwater is most easily confused with the Rapa Shearwater, the Townsend's Shearwater and the Heinroth's Shearwater.

Is the Bryan's Shearwater endangered?

The Bryan's Shearwater is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.

Bryan's Shearwater

Puffinus bryani

Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels · Procellariiformes · Legendary

The Bryan's Shearwater (Puffinus bryani) is a legendary petrels, shearwaters, and diving petrel found only in Japan, weighing about 147 g. Bryan's shearwater is a species of shearwater that may occur around the Hawaiian Islands.

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Bryan's Shearwater (Puffinus bryani), photo 1 — Photo: The original uploader was Svtiste at French Wikipedia. · Public domain

About the Bryan's Shearwater

Bryan's shearwater is a species of shearwater that may occur around the Hawaiian Islands. It is the smallest species of shearwater and is black and white with a bluish gray beak and blue tarsi. First collected in 1963 and thought to be a little shearwater it was determined using DNA analysis to be distinct in 2011. It is rare and possibly threatened and there is little information on its breeding or non-breeding ranges. The species is named after Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. a former curator of the B. P. Bishop Museum at Honolulu.

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Where it lives

Japan

When to see it

Best months: January, March, April, May, August, September, with peak activity in April. It is a variable species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

What does a Bryan's Shearwater look like?: Bryan's shearwater is a species of shearwater that may occur around the Hawaiian Islands.
How big is a Bryan's Shearwater?: The Bryan's Shearwater is a medium sized bird weighing about 147 g.
Where can you see a Bryan's Shearwater?: The Bryan's Shearwater is endemic to Japan, which is the only country where it occurs.
What birds look similar to a Bryan's Shearwater?: The Bryan's Shearwater is most easily confused with the Rapa Shearwater, the Townsend's Shearwater and the Heinroth's Shearwater.
Is the Bryan's Shearwater endangered?: The Bryan's Shearwater is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.

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