The sooty shearwater (Ardenna grisea) is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. In New Zealand, it is also known by its Māori...
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shearwaters are long-distance migrants, perhaps most spectacularly sooty shearwaters, which cover distances in excess of 14,000 km (8,700 mi) from their...
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Manx shearwater, is also distinctive. The only other large shearwaters in its range are the Cory's Shearwater and the all-dark Sooty Shearwater. wing...
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sometimes referred to as a muttonbird, like the sooty shearwater of New Zealand and the short-tailed shearwater of Australia. It is found throughout the tropical...
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or Australian muttonbird, in Bass Strait, Tasmania, as well as the sooty shearwater, also known as the tītī or New Zealand muttonbird, on several small...
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named for the traditional seasonal harvesting ("muttonbirding") of the sooty shearwater by Māori. These birds are known as "muttonbirds" due to their supposedly...
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Northern Hemisphere for the boreal summer. This shearwater appears to be related to the sooty and great shearwaters, which are also blunt-tailed, black-billed...
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non-breeding season. Southern species of shearwater such as the sooty shearwater and short-tailed shearwater, breeding on islands off Australia, New Zealand...
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spectacularly the sooty and short-tailed shearwaters, which perform migrations of 14,000 km or more each year. Puffinus shearwaters come to islands and...
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observe. Wildlife in the Drake Passage includes the following species: Sooty shearwater White-chinned petrel Southern giant petrel Northern giant-petrel Black-browed...
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down feathers. The species closely resembles the sooty (Puffinus griseus) and short-tailed shearwaters (P. tenuirostris), but has dark brown underwings...
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flycatcher Sooty fox sparrow Sooty grassquit Sooty grouse Sooty gull Sooty honeyeater Sooty myzomela Sooty oystercatcher Sooty shearwater Sooty shrikethrush...
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Flesh-footed shearwater Short-tailed shearwater (migrates here to breed) Fluttering shearwater Hutton's shearwater Sooty shearwater Little shearwater Wandering...
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although the genus Puffinus (which includes today's Manx shearwater and sooty shearwater) might date back to the Oligocene. Within the Charadriiformes...
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Stewart Island weka (G. a. scotti) have been observed preying on sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus) eggs and chicks. Plant foods include leaves, grass...
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of New Zealand; ranges across the Pacific Ocean Puffinus griseus, sooty shearwater breeds on southeastern Australia, New Zealand, and southern South America;...
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island. Up to 7,000 pairs of wedge-tailed shearwaters and short-tailed shearwaters breed on the island. The sooty oystercatcher is listed as a threatened...
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New Zealand. Short-tailed shearwater, nesting in south-eastern Australia, particularly in the Furneaux Islands Sooty shearwater, nesting mainly in New Zealand...
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Streaked shearwater, Calonectris leucomelas – V Wedge-tailed shearwater, Puffinus pacificus – s Flesh-footed shearwater, Puffinus carneipes – s Sooty shearwater...
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(A) Short-tailed shearwater, Ardenna tenuirostris (A) Sooty shearwater, Ardenna griseus Great shearwater, Ardenna gravis Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus...
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seabirds that comprises four families: the albatrosses, the petrels and shearwaters, and two families of storm petrels. Formerly called Tubinares and still...
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islands are locations for muttonbirding—the harvest by Rakiura Māori of sooty shearwater (or tītī) chicks. New Zealand fur seals in the region were hunted in...
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Procellaria aequinoctialis Great shearwater, Ardenna gravis (A) Sooty shearwater, Ardenna grisea Short-tailed shearwater, Ardenna tenuirostris South Georgia...
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Barunguba / Montague Island (section Shearwaters)
Shearwaters, also known as mutton birds, nest on the island. Species recorded are: Puffinus bulleri (Buller's shearwater) Puffinus griseus (sooty shearwater)...
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Wedge-tailed shearwater, Ardenna pacificus (A) Sooty shearwater, Ardenna griseus (A) Pink-footed shearwater, Ardenna creatopus Flesh-footed shearwater, Ardenna...
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Wedge-tailed shearwater, Ardenna pacificus Buller's shearwater, Ardenna bulleri Sooty shearwater, Ardenna grisea (A) Short-tailed shearwater, Ardenna tenuirostris...
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Wedge-tailed shearwater, Puffinus pacificus LC Buller's shearwater, Puffinus bulleri VU Sooty shearwater, Puffinus griseus NT Short-tailed shearwater, Puffinus...
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orca). Among seabird highlights is the largest breeding colony of sooty shearwater (Puffinusgriseus) in the world (Reyes-Arriagada et al. 2007) as well...
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conspicillata Cory's shearwater, Calonectris diomedea (A) Great shearwater, Ardenna gravis Sooty shearwater, Ardenna grisea Subantarctic shearwater, Puffinus elegans...
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(V) Sooty shearwater, Ardenna griseus Short-tailed shearwater, Ardenna tenuirostris Hutton's shearwater, Puffinus huttoni Fluttering shearwater, Puffinus...
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