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  2. Muttonbirding - Wikipedia

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    Cape Verde shearwater, breeding in the Cape Verde archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean, has declined because of over-harvesting; Grey-faced petrel (Pterodroma gouldi) Providence petrels, harvested to extinction on Norfolk Island in the early 19th century but still existing on Lord Howe Island, were known as 'muttonbirds' or 'flying sheep'

  3. List of birds of Norfolk Island - Wikipedia

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    Norfolk Island is an external territory of Australia in the Pacific between New Zealand and New Caledonia. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World , 2022 edition.

  4. Little shearwater - Wikipedia

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    The little shearwater (Puffinus assimilis) is a small shearwater in the petrel family Procellariidae. Despite the generic name, it is unrelated to the puffins , which are auks , the only similarity being that they are both burrow-nesting seabirds.

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    The best hotels in Norfolk are: Best hotel for a city break: The Assembly House. Best hotel for the broads: The Boathouse. Best for walkers: The White Horse. Best boutique hotel: Titchwell Manor.

  6. List of shearwater species - Wikipedia

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    Puffinus gravis, great shearwater breeds on islands in the South Atlantic Ocean; ranges in the North Atlantic Ocean to the Arctic Circle; Puffinus pacificus, wedge-tailed shearwater ranges through tropical Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean; Puffinus bulleri, Buller's shearwater breeds on islands off the coast of New Zealand; ranges across the ...

  7. Shearwater - Wikipedia

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    They are also long-lived: a Manx shearwater breeding on Copeland Island, Northern Ireland, was (as of 2003/2004) the oldest known wild bird in the world; ringed as an adult (when at least 5 years old) in July 1953, it was retrapped in July 2003, at least 55 years old (also now exceeded, by a Laysan albatross). Manx shearwaters migrate over ...

  8. Norfolk Island - Wikipedia

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    Norfolk Island (/ ˈ n ɔːr f ə k / NOR-fək, locally / ˈ n ɔːr f oʊ k / NOR-fohk; [9] Norfuk: Norf'k Ailen [10]) is an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, approximately 1,412 km (877 mi; 762 nmi) east of Australia's Evans Head and about 900 km (560 mi; 490 nmi) from Lord Howe Island.

  9. Wedge-tailed shearwater - Wikipedia

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    The wedge-tailed shearwater (Ardenna pacifica) is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It is one of the shearwater species that is sometimes referred to as a muttonbird , like the sooty shearwater of New Zealand and the short-tailed shearwater of Australia .

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