Buller's Shearwater, Puffinus bulleri


Buller's Shearwater
Buller's is the most beautiful of the shearwaters I have seen, with its intricately patterned dorsal plumage, above and below, the dark feathers forming an "M", and the pure white underparts framed by dark edges shown in the ventral views further down the page.


Buller's Shearwater


Buller's Shearwater


Buller's Shearwater


Buller's Shearwaters
Above, two Buller's on the water; below, one taking off.

Buller's Shearwater

Buller's and Pink-footed Shearwaters
Above, a Buller's (left) followed by a Pink-footed Shearwater; below, a single Buller's among 28 Pink-footed. Where's Waldo?

Buller's with Pink-footed Shearwaters