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  7. Buller's Shearwater

BirdUp · Species

Buller's Shearwater

Ardenna bulleri(Salvin, 1888)

Origin: Native
Order
PROCELLARIIFORMES
Family
Procellariidae
Genus
Ardenna

At a glance

The Buller's Shearwater is a large bird, about 46–47 cm long, native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.

Size
46–47 cm
Origin
Native
Best seen
Year-round
Commonness
Very common
  • Identification
  • Where
  • When
  • Behaviour

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

What does a Buller's Shearwater look like?

The Buller's Shearwater is a large bird, about 46–47 cm long and weighing 339–499 g.

Buller's shearwater is a Pacific species of seabird in the family Procellariidae; it is also known as the grey-backed shearwater or New Zealand shearwater. A member of the black-billed wedge-tailed Thyellodroma group, among the larger shearwaters of the genus Ardenna, it forms a superspecies with the wedge-tailed shearwater.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Field specs

Length
46–47 cm
Weight
339–499 g

Measurements · avonet · CC BY 4.0

03 · When

When to look

When can you see a Buller's Shearwater?

The Buller's Shearwater is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.

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05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

What does a Buller's Shearwater eat?

The Buller's Shearwater feeds on fish/invertebrates, usually foraging in flocks.

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02 · Where

Where to find it

Where does the Buller's Shearwater live in Australia?

The Buller's Shearwater is native to Australia, recorded across 9 of Australia’s bioregions.

Breeding range
Poor Knights Is. (off north-east North I., New Zealand)
Non-breeding range
To subarctic north Pacific, also east Australia and west South American waters to central Chile