• Muttonbird or mutton bird may refer to species of petrel, especially shearwaters, whose young are harvested for food and other uses before they fledge...
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    Muttonbirding is the seasonal harvesting of the chicks of petrels, especially shearwater species, for food, oil and feathers by recreational or commercial...
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    The sooty shearwater (Ardenna grisea), or tītī, or muttonbird, is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. In New Zealand, it is...
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  • Muttonbird Island may refer to: Muttonbird Island Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia Muttonbird Island (Lord Howe Island), offshore island of...
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    tenuirostris), also called yolla or moonbird, and commonly known as the muttonbird in Australia, is the most abundant seabird species in Australian waters...
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  • The Tītī / Muttonbird Islands are an island group near Stewart Island in the far south of New Zealand. The islands are not permanently inhabited, and are...
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    Muttonbird Island Nature Reserve is a nature reserve off the shore of Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, on the southern boundary of the Solitary...
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  • The Mutton Birds were a New Zealand rock music group formed in Auckland in 1991 by Ross Burge, David Long and Don McGlashan, with Alan Gregg joining a...
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    Poa foliosa (redirect from Muttonbird poa)
    Poa foliosa is a species of tussock grass commonly known as muttonbird poa. It is native to the subantarctic islands of New Zealand and Australia. Poa...
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    woodcock.[citation needed] Muttonbirding is also popular in Australia and New Zealand. Although some hunting, such as that of muttonbirds, may be sustainable...
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    the Middle Miocene, some 19–16 million years ago. Blackburn (1965). "Muttonbird islands diary". Notornis. 12 (4): 191–207. Hand, S.J. (2015). "Miocene...
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  • "The Heater" was the first single from Salty, the second album by the New Zealand band, The Mutton Birds. Released early in 1994, it reached number one...
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    the Muttonbird Islands, several small islands in the vicinity of Foveaux Strait and Stewart Island, in the far south of New Zealand. The Muttonbird Islands...
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  • interchangeably with "goat meat" in some Asian and Indian cooking Muttonbird (disambiguation) Muttonbirding, the seasonal harvesting of the chicks of petrels for...
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    known as the Pinnacles, and the Sow and Pigs (or Sow and Piglets, with Muttonbird Island being the Sow and the smaller rock stacks being the Piglets), as...
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  • an island of Western Australia North Island (Titi/Muttonbird Islands), one of the Titi/Muttonbird Islands off New Zealand North Island (Torres Strait)...
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    its state in 1844 — lives on in Watkin's vocabulary list and in many muttonbirding terms still in use, and may flourish again in the new climate of Maoritaka...
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    closest to the town centre. Other popular beaches include Frenchman Bay and Muttonbird Island. Albany is 418 km (260 mi) SSE of the state capital, Perth, to...
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    tropical species and the northern limits of the southern temperate species. Muttonbird Island is accessible by walking along the breakwater from the harbour...
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    Island, (The Ninepin), Bay of Islands Tiritiri Matangi Island Tītī / Muttonbird Islands Tonga Island Ulva Island Urupukapuka Island Waiheke Island Waikaranga...
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    including Ruapuke Island and the northern Muttonbird Islands. These islands are locations for muttonbirding—the harvest by Rakiura Māori of sooty shearwater...
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    fendleriana Poa flabellata Poa flexuosa – wavy meadow-grass Poa foliosa – muttonbird poa Poa glauca – glaucous meadow-grass Poa gunnii Poa hiemata – soft snow-grass...
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    to 240,000 breeding pairs of the short-tailed shearwater (or Tasmanian muttonbird). In March 2021, awareness increased concerning the feral cat population...
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  • east of Narooma on the south coast Moon Island, 1 km off Swansea Heads Muttonbird Island, off Coffs Harbour Newry Island, in the Kalang River near Urunga...
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    It is one of the shearwater species that is sometimes referred to as a muttonbird, like the sooty shearwater of New Zealand and the short-tailed shearwater...
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    west of Albany, Western Australia. It is often mistakenly referred to as Muttonbird Island, which is the much smaller island located immediately east of Shelter...
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    nz/Documents/science-and-technical/nztcs21.pdf [bare URL PDF] Blackburn (1965). "Muttonbird islands diary". Notornis. 12 (4): 191–207. Bell, E. A.; Bell, B. D.; Merton...
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  • Solander Islands Sugar Loaf Islands Tata Islands Three Kings Islands Tītī / Muttonbird Islands Pitcairn Islands Samoan Islands (Navigators' Islands) Aleipata...
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    tussock Poa cita – silver tussock Poa colensoi – blue tussock Poa foliosa – muttonbird poa Bunch grasses: Aristida purpurea – purple three-awn Bouteloua gracilis...
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  • Set on Phillip Island, this episode features the fairy penguin, muttonbird and plankton. 5 "The Australian Mallee" 4 August 1963 (1963-08-04) Set...
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