Newell's shearwater Newell's shearwater The Newell's shearwater or Hawaiian shearwater ("Puffinus newelli") is a seabird belonging to the genus "Puffinus" in the family Procellariidae. It belongs to a confusing group of shearwaters which are difficult to identify and whose classification is controversial. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the Manx shearwater ("Puffinus puffinus") and is now often placed in Townsend's shearwater ("Puffinus auricularis"). It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands It is a fairly small shearwater, in length. The wing is long and the tail is . The bird weighs . The upperparts are black with a brown tinge while
Arripis commensal relationship between the Australian salmon and the birds is noted to be especially strong in such species as the white-fronted tern, ("Sterna striata"), fluttering shearwater, ("Puffinus gavia"), and Buller's shearwater, ("Puffinus bulleri"). The baitfish made available by the Australian salmon's herding behaviour may also be important to the reproductive success of winter-nesting birds; the decline of the Australians salmon stocks has evoked concern for these bird species, some of which – such as the fairy tern, ("Sterna nereis") – are endangered Aside from seabirds, the Australian salmon are also important in the diets of cetaceans, such as killer whales