Newell's Shearwater
Puffinus newelli
Newell's shearwater or Hawaiian shearwater (ʻaʻo), is a seabird in the family Procellariidae. It belongs to a confusing group of shearwaters which are difficult to identify and whose classification is controversial. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the Manx shearwater and is now often placed in Townsend's shearwater. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
- Scientific name
- Puffinus newelli
- Family
- Shearwaters and Petrels
- IUCN status
- CR