BirdUp · Species
Fluttering Shearwater
Puffinus gavia(Forster, JR, 1844)
Native
- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Puffinus
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The fluttering shearwater is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae. It is endemic to New Zealand and migrates to Australia and the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitats are open seas and rocky shores. It has been known as Forster's shearwater in the past.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Islets of north-east North I. and Marlborough Sounds (north-east South I.; New Zealand)
- Non-breeding range
- To south and east Australian waters
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
4 photos
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