PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae

Ardenna tenuirostris  

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)
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© Larry Dunis 2009
Bruny Island, TAS (Apr, 2009)

Short-tailed Shearwater (or Tasmanian Muttonbird) chick. The parents abandon their young at the breeding colony in early April and migrate several thousand kilometres to plankton-rich waters in the northern Pacific Ocean (as far as the Bering Sea). The youngsters follow on two or three weeks later. They return to Tasmania and the other southern Australian States around September.

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Nesting burrows

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Nesting burrow site

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Short-tailed Shearwater