Monday, March 2, 2015

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.




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