FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER

Photographed on pelagic trip out of Wollongong, February 2015.

518           FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER            Puffinus carneipes

Australia            (359)

Also known as Lord Howe Island Muttonbird. 40-46 cm, span c. 1.3 m. Breeds on Lord Howe Island and in s. WA in in Recherche Arch. and islands w. to C. Hamelin. Common Nov.-April from c. Bunbury (WA) to coastal SA; autumn-spring migrant on w. coast n. to c. Carnarvon (WA); in e. Aust. common n. NSW to se. Q in summer; in Q, offshore autumn-spring passage migrant. Rare Vic., Bass Strait and Tas. pacific birds migrate to n. and ne. Pacific, WA birds probably to n. Indian Ocean. Also breeds NZ and S. Atlantic.