Buller's Shearwater

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Ardenna bulleri

Buller's Shearwater, a reference photo
Photo: JJ Harrison · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Buller's shearwater (Ardenna bulleri) is a Pacific species of seabird in the family Procellariidae; it is also known as the grey-backed shearwater or New Zealand shearwater. A member of the black-billed wedge-tailed Thyellodroma group, among the larger shearwaters of the genus Ardenna, it forms a superspecies with the wedge-tailed shearwater (A. pacificus).

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Buller's Shearwater being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Procellariidae
Genus
Ardenna
Species
Ardenna bulleri

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