About Calonectris leucomelas (Temminck, 1836)
Commonly known as the streaked shearwater, Calonectris leucomelas feeds mainly on fish and squid. It follows fishing boats, and is attracted to anchovy crawls off the coast of Japan. It is often caught as by-catch in fishing nets, or drowns after ingesting bait on long-line fishing lines. The streaked shearwater nests in burrows, and prefers forested hills for its nesting habitat. This bird is abundant and widespread, but it experiences additional mortality from becoming entangled in fishing nets, predation by cats and rats, and harvesting by some traditional endemic human cultures. This is a pelagic species that is also found in inshore waters. It occurs in the Pacific Ocean, where it nests in Japan and the Korean Peninsula, predominantly on their offshore islands. After the breeding season, streaked shearwaters migrate south to feed in the seas off northern New Guinea, the Arafura Sea, and the South China Sea. Individuals have also been reported far off the west coast of the United States, off the southern coast of India, and from New Zealand. There is also a recorded specimen of this species collected in Wyoming.
