Fluttering Shearwater

Puffinus gavia

Eaglehawk Neck Pelagic, Tasman Peninsula, SE Tas IMG_7754 20200207

Notes: Small. All-white throat & breast. Long slender bill on small narrow head. All-white flanks
extend onto rump sides (distinct 'saddlebags'). Similar to Hutton's Shearwater but underwing
coverts are largely white, much white in triangular arm-pit. Mostly in Aust waters Mar–Aug,
post-breeding in NZ. Dives for prey from surface or air.

Range from Morcombe^©

Eaglehawk Neck Pelagic, Tasman Peninsula, SE Tas IMG_7762 20200207 - w. White-faced Storm-Petrel Eaglehawk Neck Pelagic, Tasman Peninsula, SE Tas IMG_7713 20200207 Eaglehawk Neck Pelagic, Tasman Peninsula, SE Tas IMG_6987 20200207 Eaglehawk Neck Pelagic, Tasman Peninsula, SE Tas IMG_7178 20200207 Eaglehawk Neck Pelagic, Tasman Peninsula, SE Tas IMG_7180 20200207 Eaglehawk Neck Pelagic, Tasman Peninsula, SE Tas IMG_7793 20200207 location MVI_6666 20180909

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