278 SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER Puffinus tenuirostris
Australia (248)
Also known as Slender-billed Shearwater, Bass Strait or Tasmanian Muttonbird. Breeds in tens of millions in islands from Recherche Arch (WA) east through SA, Vict, Ras, and Bass Strait, n. to Broughton Is. (NSW).Migrates to N. Pacific via n. of NZ and Japan, and returning via w. coast of N. America. 40-43 cm, span 90 cm.
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| Photographed on Kiama Pelagic, June 2016 |
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