Short-tailed Shearwater

Ardenna tenuirostris

Least Concern

The Short-tailed Shearwater is a tubenose seabird of southern breeding islands with broad trans-equatorial oceanic movements. It ranges widely over the sea, using dynamic soaring or low gliding flight to find fish, squid, crustaceans, and carrion, and usually nests in burrows, crevices, or remote island colonies.

Family

Procellariidae

Group

Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels

Range

Short-tailed Shearwater Range — Resident or seasonal range in southern breeding islands with broad trans-equatorial oceanic movements

Population

≈ 500K–5M

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