That's the number that the Handbook of Birds of the World use for
global population and they quote a lot of references for the
shearwater article, so I assume (maybe wrongly!) there is some
justification behind it. Estimate 5.6 million pairs in Tassie.
On 11/10/2007, John Tongue <> wrote:
> Hi David et. al.,
>
> I have read where Australia's most prolific bird is the Short-tailed
> Shearwater, with numbers estimated around 23 Million - not sure
> whether that's just propaganda from the Mutton-birders to justify
> their 'harvest' each year???
>
> John Tongue
> Ulverstone, Tas.
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