Sooty Shearwater

Ardenna grisea

The sooty shearwater is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. In New Zealand, it is also known by its Māori name tītī, and is harvested by Māori people for muttonbird, like its relatives the wedge-tailed shearwater and the Australian short-tailed shearwater.

Scientific name

Ardenna grisea

Family

Shearwaters and Petrels

IUCN status

NT

Birds of Conservation Concern

Green