Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)
Short-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris) - HBW 1, p. 254
French: Puffin à bec grêle
German: Kurzschwanz Sturmtaucher
Spanish: Pardela de Tasmania
Other common names: Slender-billed Shearwater/Petrel, Tasmanian Muttonbird
Taxonomy: Procellaria tenuirostris Temminck, 1835, seas north of Japan and shores of Korea.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Tasmania and S Australia (bulk of population in SE).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird landing on the sea and looking for food into the water. Locality Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 October 2009 2 years ago 31 sec 3.9 -
A bird on the water attracted to chum with Cape Petrel and Northern Giant Petrel Locality Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Brooke Clibbon 16 November 2005 6 years ago 21 sec 3.4 -
A group of birds flying close to the sea surface Locality Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Rigdon Currie 30 September 2002 4 years ago 7 sec 3.4 -
A bird looking for food into the water while swimming. Locality Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 October 2009 2 years ago 23 sec 3.3 -
Several birds flying over the sea. Locality Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 October 2009 2 years ago 37 sec 3.2 -
An individual flying over the sea, looking for food. Locality Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 October 2009 2 years ago 21 sec 3.1
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Flying over water
Locality Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 17 January 2009 2 years ago 3.7 -
An adult bird returning to its nest at night.
Locality Cape Woolamai Faunal Reserve, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 27 January 2013 15 weeks ago 3.5 -
Close-up of a bird on the water.
Locality Sandspit, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 6 November 2008 2 years ago 3.5 -
resting on water after fishing
Locality Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Arnie Hollyman 30 October 2011 1 year ago 3 -
Bird on the ground, returning to the colony at night
Locality Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia
ben lascelles 25 October 2007 3 years ago 3
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Adult birds returning to feed the chicks in their nest burrows at night. Locality Cape Woolamai Faunal Reserve, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia
(Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 27 January 2013 16 weeks ago 5
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