Figures I'd heard quoted were that Short-tailed Shearwaters, at around 23
million, are the most common bird in AUSTRALIA (when they're here), not the
world!.
John Tongue
Ulverstone, Tas.
On 25/10/2013, at 5:24 PM, "Mark Clayton" <> wrote:
> With the recent thread about dead and dying shearwaters, several people have
> stated that the Short-tailed Shearwater is the most common bird in the
> world, with one quoting 23 million birds. I am not disputing these claims
> but they had me wondering as I have always thought that the most common bird
> was the Red Jungle Fowl with all its domestic forms. If looking at genuine
> wild birds then the Red-billed Quelea in Africa, with a reported figure of
> 1.5 billion birds, makes the shearwater look positively rare!
>
>
>
> Mark
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