Description Body and bill dark brown, feet light brown. Wings narrow, pointed at tip. Underwing coloration variable from brown to grey-brown. Short rounded tail. Body up to 43 cm long.
Short-tailed Shearwaters migrate to areas in the northern Pacific Ocean during winter. They return to Australia to breed from November to early May. They nest in burrows underground, laying one egg. They can occur in very large flocks.
Author credit: Museum Victoria Sciences Staff / Museum Victoria
Habitat Bays and coastlines of Victoria.
Food Carnivore
Range Pacific Ocean. Coastal eastern and southern mainland Australia and Tasmania.
Credits: Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Species Description is from Museums Field Guide, Atlas of Living Australia at website at https://lists.ala.org.au Licensed under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
