Newell's shearwater donkey-like braying call around the breeding areas. Townsend's shearwater ("P. auricularis") is very similar but has dark undertail-coverts, a shorter tail and a less sharp boundary between the black and white on the face. It was described as a new species "Puffinus newelli" in 1900 by the American ornithologist Henry Wetherbee Henshaw using specimens obtained by Brother Matthias Newell from residents of Maui. It was later included by some authors in the Manx shearwater ("Puffinus puffinus") as was Townsend's shearwater ("Puffinus auricularis"). Later, Townsends's shearwater was raised back to species status with Newell's shearwater as a subspecies of it. This
Antipsara is a nesting site of the European shag ("Phalacrocorax aristotelis"), Eleonora's falcon ("Falco eleonorae"), Cory's shearwater ("Calonectris diomedea"), and the yelkouan shearwater ("Puffinus yelkouan"). Antipsara Antipsara () is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea. Antipsara had 4 inhabitants according to the 2011 census. It lies about west of the larger island Psara, from which its name is derived. Geographic conditions make it inaccessible from the north and west side. Evidence exists of settlement in ancient Greek and Roman times. During the Ottoman rule the island served as a port. Nowadays, tourist trips to the island originate from Psara