Ardenna tenuirostris
Short-tailed Shearwater, Muttonbird at Tathra, NSW
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| Ardenna tenuirostris | AndrewMcCutcheon | 8 Jun 2020 | |
| Eudyptula minor | AndrewMcCutcheon | 8 Jun 2020 |
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A huge number of Short-tailed Shearwaters were migrating south at the same time as the Humpback Whales to their breeding areas in Tasmania and Victoria. 2013 was a particularly bad year for these birds, as a very high proportion were exhausted from the lack of food somewhere along their long route back from the northern Pacific, as was this bird desperately foraging for food just a metre away from Tathra Wharf. It could barely take off and fly away. Many did not make it, and perished along the NSW south coast.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.988705-36.725036
- Places Tathra, NSW
Sighting information
- 1,001 - 10,000 Abundance
- 12 Oct 2013 04:41 PM Recorded on
- AndrewMcCutcheon Recorded by
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Species information
- Ardenna tenuirostris Scientific name
- Short-tailed Shearwater, Muttonbird Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Migratory
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 48.6m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Puffinus tenuirostris
Seasonal activity
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