Species profile
Short-Tailed Shearwater
Puffinus tenuirostris
Quick answer
breeds in Australia and Tasmania and circulates through the Pacific Ocean (Carboneras, 1992; Grantsau, 2010). In Brazil, it has been recorded once for Salvador / BA at the Stella Maris beach in 2005 (Souto et al., 2008; MZUSP 102489). This was the first documented record of this species for the Atlantic.
- Scientific name
- Puffinus tenuirostris
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Genus
- Puffinus
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Related species in Procellariidae
- Antarctic fulmar, Southern fulmar, Silver-grey petrel (Fulmarus glacialoides)
- Antarctic petrel (Thalassoica antarctica)
- Antarctic Prion (Pachyptila desolata)
- Ardenna davealleni (Ardenna davealleni)
- Argyrodyptes microtarsus (Argyrodyptes microtarsus)
- Atlantic Petrel (Pterodroma incerta)
- Balearic Shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus)
- Bannerman's Shearwater (Puffinus bannermani)