Medium-sized, dark brown shearwater. Has narrow, crooked wings and flies with quick, snappy wingbeats. Variable underwing pattern.
This dark, narrow-winged seabird occurs in large flocks over cold waters. It is very similar to the Sooty Shearwater and, like that species, is a visitor ...
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.
Short-tailed Shearwaters have somewhat less distinct silvery white flashes on the underwing, and a somewhat shorter bill and steeper forehead, than Sooty. © ...
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Over one million Short-tailed Shearwaters arrive at Phillip Island to breed from their Aleutian Island feeding grounds (near Alaska, USA).
The general impression given by Short-tailed Shearwater is that of a more rapid, frantic, erratic flight, rather than the usual smooth, repetitious, direct ...
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion.
Short-tailed shearwaters are one of more than 30 species of shearwaters, and one of the few migratory birds that come to Australia to breed.
Short-tailed Shearwater
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Aug 30, 2024 · The short-tailed shearwater is the most abundant Australian seabird. Approximately 23 million short-tailed shearwaters breed in about 285 colonies in south- ...
The pelagic feeding ecology of the Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris in the Subarctic Pacific Region. ... Short-tailed Shearwater. In: Newton ...
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