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Streaked Shearwater
Calonectris leucomelas(Temminck, 1836)
Native
- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Calonectris
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The streaked shearwater is a species of seabird. The adult bird averages 48 cm (19 in) in length, with a 122 cm (48 in) wingspan.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Islands from Russian Far East, Korean Pen., and Japan to islands off west Taiwan
- Non-breeding range
- West Pacific to Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, north Australia, Melanesia and Micronesia
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
- Jan
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- Dec
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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