Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Tuna fear them… fishermen love them… meet the Aʻo (Newell's Shearwater)!
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Nicknamed “tuna birds,” ʻAʻo can dive more than 150 feet beneath the surface in pursuit of squid, fish, and other prey. Fishermen learned to watch for these seabirds because their presence often meant tuna were nearby.
Outside the breeding season, ʻAʻo roam widely across the tropical Pacific Ocean. When breeding season arrives, they return to Hawaiʻi, nesting in burrows along the steep, forested slopes and cliffs of Kauaʻi and other Hawaiian islands. Once declared extinct, ʻAʻo were rediscovered nearly four decades later. Today, however, they are Critically Endangered, with its population declining by more than 90% over the past 50 years.
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Tuna fear them… fishermen love them… meet the Aʻo (Newell's Shearwater)!
🐟
Nicknamed “tuna birds,” ʻAʻo can dive more than 150 feet beneath the surface in pursuit of squid, fish, and other prey. Fishermen learned to watch for these seabirds because their presence often meant tuna were nearby.
Outside the breeding season, ʻAʻo roam widely across the tropical Pacific Ocean. When breeding season arrives, they return to Hawaiʻi, nesting in burrows along the steep, forested slopes and cliffs of Kauaʻi and other Hawaiian islands. Once declared extinct, ʻAʻo were rediscovered nearly four decades later. Today, however, they are Critically Endangered, with its population declining by more than 90% over the past 50 years.
Dive deeper on the ʻAʻo in our Bird Library:
abcbirds.info/4y5Ln1p
