Black-vented shearwater are the smallest Pacific shearwaters. They are brown above and white below with dark undertail coverts.

They are found on warm waters, not too far offshore, along the coast of southern California and Baja Mexico.

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Adult

Item #BVSH001

Underside

Item #BVSH002

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