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Hutton's Shearwater (Puffinus huttoni) Alternate name(s): "kaikoura titi" (NZ) Size: 36-38 cm; wing span 72-78 cm Weight: 305-370 g

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Physical description Click here for a physical description Hutton's Shearwaters are medium-sized shearwaters with a nearly homogeneously dark brown-grey upperside, with thin, slightly lighter-shaded grey-brown edges on both flight feathers and coverts and indistinct "saddle bags" (white flank patches visible behind the wings). Except for a diffuse dark collar, the underparts of the body are white. The underwings are mostly dark-grey, with dark marks on the greater primary coverts and dark axillaries. The central parts of the underwings are dusky. The tips of the toes project beyond the tip of the wedge-shaped tail.

Taxonomy, classification See Hutton's Shearwater at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species Click here for information on habitat and range The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found, based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to ebird.org . The global distribution of Hutton's Shearwater is available HERE . Hutton's Shearwaters are found in waters around Australia and New Zealand. They breed only in mainland New Zealand. Hutton's Shearwaters are non-breeding visitors to the waters around the entire Australian continent and Tasmania. They are most frequenly found along the South-east coast of the continent, around Tasmania, and along the South coast (the Great Australian Bight), but they are also regularly spotted off the southern half of QLD, in the Coral Sea, and along the coastlines of WA and the Top End of the NT. Elsewhere they are spotted less regularly. They do NOT enter the Gulf of Carpentaria. Hutton's Shearwaters are pelagic birds that spend most of their time out on the open ocean and in coastal waters.

Sightings Click here for sighting information M. Roderick reports spotting Hutton's Shearwaters off Port Stephens, NSW, in September 2015 and off Swansea, NSW, in February 2012 and again in December 2017. M. Eaton reports finding Hutton's Shearwaters off Hervey Bay, QLD, in April 2019.

Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

Lateral view of Hutton's Shearwater (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Off Hervey Bay, QLD, April 2019]

Lateral view of Hutton's Shearwater in flight (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Off Hervey Bay, QLD, April 2019]

View of the upper side of Hutton's Shearwater in flight; note the inconspicuous "saddle bags" (photo courtesy of M. Roderick)
[Off Port Stephens, NSW, September 2015]

View of the underside of Hutton's Shearwater; note the dark triangle at the base of the underwing
(photo courtesy of M. Roderick)
[10 NM off Swansea, NSW, February 2012]

Near-dorsal view of Hutton's Shearwater in flight (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Off Hervey Bay, QLD, April 2019]

Hutton's Shearwater in low flight near a fishing boat (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Off Hervey Bay, QLD, April 2019]

Hutton's Shearwater, front, together with a Wedge-tailed Shearwater, back (photo courtesy of M. Roderick)
[Off Swansea, NSW, December 2017]

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