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PRONUNCIATION OF SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER

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Short-Tailed shearwater is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

short-tailed shearwater

Short-tailed shearwater

The short-tailed shearwater or slender-billed shearwater, also called yolla or moonbird, and commonly known as the muttonbird in Australia, is the most abundant seabird species in Australian waters, and is one of the few Australian native birds in which the chicks are commercially harvested. It is a migratory species that breeds mainly on small islands in Bass Strait and Tasmania and migrates to the Northern Hemisphere for the boreal summer. Adult near Burrow on Bruny Island. The photograph was taken at night. Fledgling, Austins Ferry, Tasmania, Australia This species appears to be related to the sooty shearwater and the great shearwater, which are also blunt-tailed, black-billed species, but its precise relationships are obscure. These are among the larger species of shearwater, which it is suggested might belong in a separate genus, Ardenna. Each parent feeds the single chick for 2–3 days and then leaves for up to three weeks in search of food. These foraging trips can cover a distance of 1,500 km and mean the chick may be left unattended for over a week.

Definition of short-tailed shearwater in the English dictionary

The definition of short-tailed shearwater in the dictionary is a large Australian shearwater that migrates to the northern hemisphere in the southern winter.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER

above the water
bath water
blackwater
blood is thicker than water
bottled water
distilled water
drinking water
fresh water
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Greater
holy water
in deep water
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like a fish out of water
salt water
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Synonyms and antonyms of short-tailed shearwater in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «short-tailed shearwater» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of short-tailed shearwater to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of short-tailed shearwater from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «short-tailed shearwater» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

短尾鹱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pardela de cola corta
570 millions of speakers

English

short-tailed shearwater
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छोटी पूंछ Shearwater
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شييرووتر قصير الذيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

коротким хвостом буревестник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pardela de cauda curta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্ষুদ্রতর পাইপ শিয়রওয়াটার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

à queue courte puffin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Air shear pendek-ekor
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kurzschwanz- Sturmtaucher
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

短尾のミズナギドリ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

짧은 꼬리 쉬어 워터
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Banyu shearwater cendhak
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Shearwater ngắn đuôi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குறுகிய வறண்ட தண்ணீர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शॉर्ट-टेल शेर वॉटर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kısa kuyruklu kesme suyu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

berta coda corta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Burzyk krótki bielik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

коротким хвостом буревісник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Shearwater scurt coada
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

μικρή ουρά shearwater
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

KORTSTERTKOESTER Shearwater
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Kortstjärtad shearwater
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kort - tailed shearwater
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of short-tailed shearwater

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about short-tailed shearwater

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER»

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If Animals Could Talk
How far does the short-tailed shearwater fly from Phillip Island to the Bering Sea and back again? What does the short-tailed shearwater ... What theories are there about the way the short-tailed shearwater migrates? True or False Short- tailed ...
Margaret Etherton, 2007
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Southern Albatrosses and Petrels: An Identification Guide
Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris Plate 8 96/41. A medium-sized, sooty-brown shearwater with short, slender bill and small, fan-shaped tail. Underwing dark brown. In sunny conditions light reflected from the underwing may cause ...
Peter C. Harper, F. C. Kinsky, Cleveland Duval, 1978
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Birds of British Columbia, Volume 2: Nonpasserines - Diurnal ...
Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck) RANGE: Breeds off southeast Australia. Migrates to north Pacific Ocean for nonbreeding season. STATUS: Irregular. Very rare visitant to pelagic waters in spring, fairly common in late ...
‎1997
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Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America: A ...
The only truly similar species is Short-tailed Shearwater—beware that Sooty Shearwater also has a short tail and often shows projecting toes. Several other species might be mistaken for Sooty Shearwater, and vice versa. Note especially the ...
Steve N. G. Howell, 2012
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Wildlife of Australia
B. Short-tailed Shearwater Pufinus tenuirostris 42-45 cm/16.5-17.5 in. The following two species are larger (wingspans 1 m/over 3 ft), dark shearwaters that are characterized by a more languid flight interspersed with longer glides than the ...
Iain Campbell, Sam Woods, 2013
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Birding in the American West: A Handbook
The Short-tailed Shearwater is an abundant postbreeding visitor to the the cold, plankton-rich waters of the Bering Sea and the northern Pacific from its nesting areas on islands off Australia and Tasmania. It breeds during our winter, spending ...
Kevin J. Zimmer, 2000
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Animal Migration: Remarkable Journeys in the Wild
... 168 Short-tailed Shearwater 125 Painted Lady Butterfly 23, 159, 759 Panama Canal, raptors 132, 133 Panama City, Swainson's Hawk 133 Pandion haliaetus see Osprey Panulirus argus see Caribbean Spiny Lobster Passenger Pigeon, ...
Ben Hoare, 2009
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Stray Feathers: Reflections on the Structure, Behaviour and ...
The Short-tailed Shearwater is one of the better-studied seabirds. It is a K- selected species: it is long-lived, with low fecundity, and inhabits relatively stable and predictable environments. It is at the opposite end of the spectrum to the boom and ...
Leo Joseph, Penny AM, 2011
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Birds of East Asia
Resembles Wedge-tailed Shearwater but smaller, with rounded tail. Upperparts and underparts uniform dark brown, like small Short-tailed Shearwater (p.84), but long narrow wings lack silvery-grey underwing. BP Bill black; eyes black; tarsi ...
Mark Brazil, 2009
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Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion: A ...
Overall very similar to Short-tailed Shearwater. Appears all dark brown on the water, including bill and feet. Slightly paler throat is often indistinct or difficult to see. BEHAVIOR: Often distinguished by its dark uniformity and the sheer weight of its ...
Pete Dunne, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER»

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Driftnets and Russia: Ban Starts 2016
Animals that will be saved by increased protection could include the seabirds Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata, Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris and ... «Nature World News, Jul 15»
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Seabirds use strong sense of smell to fly between world's oceans …
"The short-tailed shearwater, for instance, which breeds in islands - particularly centred on Bass Strait in Victoria and Tasmania - does not only a round-trip ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
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Licence to kill mutton birds issued to 3yo children; Tasmanian …
Department figures for 2014 show three children aged three years or younger received licences to kill mutton birds, also known as short-tailed shearwaters. «ABC Online, Mar 15»
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Flinders keepers: Stanley Johnson sets off on a Tasmanian odyssey
Otherwise known as the short-tailed shearwater (or Puffinus tenuirostris), they spend the northern hemisphere summer in or near the Arctic and then, around ... «Evening Standard, Mar 15»
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Seabirds' plastic diet shows up in their feather oil
The amount of plastic a short-tailed shearwater has eaten can now be assessed by swabbing near its tail feathers. Credit: JJ Harrison (Creative commons) ... «ABC Online, Nov 14»
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Light pollution contributing to fledgling 'fallout'
Short-tailed shearwater breeding on the coast of Australia are also affected when fledgling chicks leave their nest about a month after their parents. In an effort to ... «EurekAlert, Oct 14»
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Solving the huge mutton bird death mystery by using boxes and …
At this time of year, millions of short-tailed shearwaters, or mutton birds, migrate from the Arctic to Australian shores to breed. Last year, though, thousands of the ... «ABC Online, Sep 14»
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New research tries to figure out why mutton birds are washing up …
Researchers on Phillip Island are starting a new quest to try and understand why thousands of mutton birds, or short-tailed shearwaters, are washing up dead on ... «ABC Local, Sep 14»
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Plea to halt annual mutton bird hunt 'ignored by Tasmanian …
"I think there's a very real, strong scientific need to revisit those quotas and revisit the whole management of short-tailed shearwaters in Tasmania," he said. «ABC Online, Apr 14»
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Hundreds of mutton birds found dead along Craignish beach
The Department of Environment and Heritage Protection had received many reports about dead short-tailed shearwaters, or mutton birds, being found on ... «Fraser Coast Chronicle, Nov 13»

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