Skull, Short-tailed Shearwater
Description
Skull and mandible of a Short-tailed Shearwater. Labelled "17". Mounted on a piece of wood. Sticker attached to wood reads as follows: "Short Tailed / Shearwater / (Puffinus / tenuirostris) / Bell Block / 8.4.69 C. Paulin". Salmon pink paper label attached to skull reads as follows: "17 Short tailed shearwater / (Puffinus tenuirostris) / Bell Block / 8.4.69 C. Paulin."
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One
of
the
most
numerous
shearwater
species
with
an
estimated
23
million
birds.
They
breed
on
islands
of
Australia.
They
can
be
seen
at
sea
of
New
Zealand
coast.
They
are
smaller
than
the
sooty
shearwaters
which
they
are
often
mistaken
for.
Accession number
A78.527
Collection type
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