WANDERING WHISTLING-DUCK

522          WANDERING WHISTLING-DUCK              Dendrocygna arcuata

Australia        (363)

Also called Diving Whistling-duck. 55-61 cm. Ranges across tropical and subtropical n. Australia, from Fitroy R. (WA), to se. Q; ; NSW, Vic., sw. WA. Also in Philippines, Indonesia, PNG and Pacific Islands. habitat is well-vegetated lagoons and swamps, flooded grassland, pools in floodplains, river margins, well-vegetated large dams, occasionally tidal areas.

HUTTON'S SHEARWATER

Photographed on pelagic trip from Woollongong, February 2015

521         HUTTON'S SHEARWATER          Puffinus huttoni

Australia          (362)

36-38 cm, wingspan c. 78 cm. Breeds Sept-April in South Is. (NZ). Adults sedentary; young migrate to Aust. and extend to nw. WA and Torres Strait; many spend first two years in Aust. Present offshore se. Just. all months; in WA ranges n. to c. Dampier mostly April -Dec.