Hutton's shearwater
Puffinus huttoni Mathews, 1912
The hutton's shearwater (Puffinus huttoni) is a species in the family Procellariidae, order Procellariiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 364 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.
Quick facts about the hutton's shearwater
- Weight
- 364 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Wingspan
- 72 cm – 78 cmsrc for Wingspan
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- marinesrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1src for Young per litter or clutch
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1src for Litters or clutches a year
- Lifestyle
- Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Partialsrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
How big is the hutton's shearwater?
Where does the hutton's shearwater live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The hutton's shearwater is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
What is the hutton's shearwater?
Hutton's shearwater (Puffinus huttoni; also known in Māori as kaikōura tītī) is a medium-sized ocean-going seabird in the family Procellariidae. Its range is Australian and New Zealand waters, but it breeds only in mainland New Zealand. Its conservation status is Endangered, because there are just two remaining breeding colonies, located in the Seaward Kaikōura Range. Six other shearwater colonies have been destroyed by introduced pigs. Hutton's shearwater is the only seabird in the world that is known to breed in alpine areas. Conservation measures for the bird include predator control at the breeding sites, establishing the Kaikōura Dark Sky Sanctuary, and community initiatives to rescue birds that crash-land at night on streets in Kaikōura. A protected breeding area has also been created on the Kaikōura Peninsula, including a pest-exclusion fence and man-made burrows, with the initial population established by translocating fledglings from the remaining breeding colonies.
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Is the hutton's shearwater endangered?
The hutton's shearwater is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Endangered species. What the categories mean.
How is the hutton's shearwater classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderProcellariiformes
- familyProcellariidae
- genusPuffinus
- SpeciesPuffinus huttoni Mathews, 1912
Synonyms Puffinus leptorhynchus, Puffinus reinholdi huttoni
Other names and names in other languages (36)
- جلم الماء في الهوتونيArabic
- baldriga de HuttonCatalan
- buřňák maorskýCzech
- buřňák HuttonůvCzech
- aderyn drycin HuttonWelsh
- BjergskråpeDanish
- HuttonsturmtaucherGerman
- Hutton-SturmtaucherGerman
- hutona pufinoEsperanto
- Pardela de HuttonSpanish
- mägi-tormilindEstonian
- کبوتر دریایی هوتونPersian
- tummapikkuliitäjäFinnish
- Puffin de HuttonFrench
- huttonov zovojCroatian
- Hutton-vészmadárHungarian
- Berta di HuttonItalian
- ニュージーランドミズナギドリJapanese
- Hatono audronašaLithuanian
- Kaikōura tītīMāori
- Hutton-pijlstormvogelDutch
- Huttons PijlstormvogelDutch
- maorilireNorwegian
- burzyk wędrownyPolish
- pardela-de-huttonPortuguese
- fura-bucho-de-kaikouraPortuguese
- Буревестник ХаттонаRussian
- Маорийский буревестникRussian
- víchrovník novozélandskýSlovak
- Zovoj iz oblasti KajkouraSerbian
- HuttonliraSwedish
- kaikouraliraSwedish
- Hutton YelkovanıTurkish
- буревісник ГутонаUkrainian
- 澳洲鹱Chinese
- 休頓氏鸌Chinese
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Relatives of the hutton's shearwater
Other species in the same genus Puffinus.
Manx shearwater
Puffinus puffinus
Balearic shearwater
Puffinus mauretanicus
Sargasso shearwater
Puffinus lherminieri
Little shearwater
Puffinus assimilis
Yelkouan shearwater
Puffinus yelkouan
Christmas shearwater
Puffinus nativitatis
CompareHutton's shearwater vs Manx shearwaterHutton's shearwater vs Balearic shearwaterHutton's shearwater vs Sargasso shearwaterHutton's shearwater vs Little shearwater
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the hutton's shearwater?
An adult hutton's shearwater weighs 364 g and has a wingspan of 72 cm – 78 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the hutton's shearwater live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the hutton's shearwater for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the hutton's shearwater endangered?
The hutton's shearwater is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
What kind of animal is the hutton's shearwater?
The hutton's shearwater (Puffinus huttoni) belongs to the family Procellariidae in the order Procellariiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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