The Subantarctic Shearwater would be the dark-faced form of the Little
Shearwater that breeds around the subantarctic. including: Chatham; Antipodes;
Tristan de Cunha; Gough Islands. There are 2 subspecies that breed in
Australian waters: assimilis on Lord Howe & Norfolk & tunneyi from SW WA. There
are also subspecies on Kremadec & in NZ.-Kevin Bartram
> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 13:47:35 +0800
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Subantarctic Shearwater
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> The IOC has just accepted the split of Subantarctic Shearwater from
> Little Shearwater. It will be included in the next update
> (IOC5.4). I have Googled it. It appears to be the New Zealand birds,
> but it also mentions that it breeds in the southern Atlantic and Indian
> Oceans.
>
> So is this the Australian species. i.e those breeding off the coast
> of Western Australia (Abrolhos Islands, islands off Albany &
> Esperance, etc)? Or would it just be a visitor to Australia?
>
> Thanks
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