---
title: "Berta grigia"
description: "Ardenna grisea — Uccelli. The sooty shearwater (Ardenna grisea) is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/sooty-shearwater
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Berta grigia

> Ardenna grisea — Uccelli. The sooty shearwater (Ardenna grisea) is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae.

- Scientific name: *Ardenna grisea*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 7443
- Wikidata: [Q27074603](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27074603)
- iNaturalist taxon: [502899](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/502899)

## Names

- en: Sooty Shearwater
- de: Dunkler Sturmtaucher
- es: Pardela gris
- fr: Puffin fuligineux
- it: Berta grigia
- nl: Grauwe Pijlstormvogel
- pt: Pardela-escura / pardela-preta
- pl: Burzyk szary

## Countries with the most observations

US (1837), NZ (507), CL (269), CA (222), AR (122), PE (86), ZA (66), EC (55), MX (35), FK (26), PT (26), IE (23)

## Summary

The sooty shearwater (Ardenna grisea) is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. In New Zealand, it is also known by its Māori name tītī, and is harvested by Māori people for muttonbird, like its relatives the wedge-tailed shearwater (A. pacificus) and the Australian short-tailed shearwater (A. tenuirostris).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sooty_shearwater

## Photo

![Berta grigia](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sooty-shearwater/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/160728597

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sooty-shearwater?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).