Rapa Shearwater

When to see the Rapa Shearwater

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 2 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Rapa Shearwater

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Rapa Shearwater

The Rapa shearwater, is a rare seabird of the tropics from the family Procellariidae. It breeds on the surrounding islets of Rapa in the Austral Islands of French Polynesia where it is known locally as the kaki kaki.

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Easily confused with

Bryan's ShearwaterPuffinus bryaniBryan's shearwater is a species of shearwater that may occur around the Hawaiian Islands. Subantarctic ShearwaterPuffinus elegansThe subantarctic shearwater is a small bird species which breeds in Tristan da Cunha, islands of the southern Indian Ocean and New Zealand Subantarctic Islands. Townsend's ShearwaterPuffinus auricularisTownsend's shearwater is a rare seabird of the tropics from the family Procellariidae.