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Short-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna tenuirostris(Temminck, 1836)
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- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Ardenna
At a glance
The Short-tailed Shearwater is a large bird, about 40–45 cm long, native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 40–45 cm
- Origin
- Native
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Very common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Short-tailed Shearwater look like?
The Short-tailed Shearwater is a large bird, about 40–45 cm long and weighing 460–800 g.
The short-tailed shearwater or slender-billed shearwater, also called yolla or moonbird, and commonly known as the muttonbird both in early Australia and in New Zealand, is the most abundant seabird species in Australian waters, and is one of the few Australian native birds in which the chicks are commercially harvested. It is a migratory species that breeds mainly on small islands in Bass Strait and Tasmania and migrates to the Northern Hemisphere for the boreal summer.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Short-tailed Shearwater?
The Short-tailed Shearwater is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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04 · Voice
What it sounds like
Call
Paul J. Morris · Stanley TAS 7331, Australia
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Short-tailed Shearwater eat?
The Short-tailed Shearwater feeds on fish/invertebrates, usually foraging in flocks.
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
2 photos
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