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Nature in Tasmania > Birds >  Short-tailed shearwater

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The short-tailed shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris), 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.


Feeding frenzy

Muttonbirds feeding off the Tasmanian coast

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Muttonbirds feeding off the Tasmanian coast

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