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| Photographed on Eaglehawk pelagic, Tasmania, June 2019 |
1296 GREAT SHEARWATER Ardenna gravis
AUSTRALIA 779
Population of near 5 million mostly in the Atlantic Ocean with regular occurrence into w Indian Ocean near SA. Vagrant to Australian waters with about 6 sightings before an influx in 2011. Most records over off-shore waters or at the shelf.
hard to imagine 5 million birds but must have been a pleasure to see no. 1296 - no. 1300 not far off - fine twitching
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