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Home  >> Birds of New Zealand >> Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater (Tasmanian Muttonbird)

Species: Puffinus tenuirostris

Breeding areas
Islands off south-eastern Australian coasts, in Bass Strait and around Tasmania.
Breeding season
September to May
Dispersal migration
Winters in the north Pacific. Straggles to NZ, Raoul I and Macquarie I.

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Albatross Encounter, is a well established pelagic boat tour operating from the picturesque coastal town of Kaikoura

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