Indonesian- Penggunting merpati
Description: small (26 cm) grey, black and white shearwater. Tail wedge-shaped with black tip. Upperparts bluish grey with a black W shape formed by outer primaries, scapulars and a dark band across the lower back. A blackish line extends under the eye.nderparts white. Iris- dark; bill –grey; feet –greyish blue.
Voice: silent at sea
Distribution and status: Sub anartic and southern oceans normally only up to 35°S but single exhausted individual was washed up on the S. Java coast in the 1930’s.
Habits: flies with fast zig-zagging erratic flight low over the sea, often in flocks, banking from side to side.
Diet: Fish