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Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna pacifica(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Ardenna
At a glance
The Wedge-tailed Shearwater is a large bird, about 38–46 cm long, native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 38–46 cm
- Origin
- Native
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Very common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Wedge-tailed Shearwater look like?
The Wedge-tailed Shearwater is a large bird, about 38–46 cm long.
The wedge-tailed shearwater is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It is one of the shearwater species that is sometimes referred to as a muttonbird, like the sooty shearwater of New Zealand and the short-tailed shearwater of Australia. It is found throughout the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, roughly between latitudes 35°N and 35°S. It breeds on the islands off Japan, on the Islas Revillagigedo, the Hawaiian Islands, the Seychelles, the Northern Mariana Islands, and off Eastern and Western Australia.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Wedge-tailed Shearwater?
The Wedge-tailed 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
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
4 photos
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