Showing posts with label Shearwater; Short-tailed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shearwater; Short-tailed. Show all posts

Saturday, 5 May 2018

Short-tailed Shearwater

Order - Procellariiformes
Family - Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters)
Short-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna tenuirostris
短尾水薙鸟 (duǎn-wěi shuǐ-tì-niǎo) / 短尾鹱 (duǎn-wěi hù)

    Malay : Itik-itik Ekor Pendek Pasifik
    Japanese : ハシボソミズナギドリ (hashi-boso mizu-nagi-dori)
    Kanji 日語漢字 : 嘴細水薙鳥

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 155,000,000km²
    Migratory Status : Full Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No



    Size : 40–45 cm; 480–930 g; Wingspan 91–100 cm

    Subspecies and Distribution
  • Monotypic. (Temminck, 1836, seas north of Japan and shores of Korea)
    – Pacific and S Indian Oceans, breeding in Tasmania and S Australia (bulk of population in SE).

Distribution Map

Date : 20 May 2023
Location : Off Tanjung Dawai, Daerah Yan, Kedah

Date : 20 May 2023
Location : Off Tanjung Dawai, Daerah Yan, Kedah

Date : 20 May 2023
Location : Off Tanjung Dawai, Daerah Yan, Kedah

Date : 05 May 2018
Location : Off Tanjung Dawai, Daerah Yan, Kedah