page_title: List of birds of Tasmania
section_title: Shearwaters and petrels
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Tasmania / Shearwaters and petrels
caption_attribution_description: Short-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris) Fledgling Camera data Camera Canon EOS 400D Lens Canon EF 50mm f1.8 Focal length 50 mm Aperture f/4 Exposure time 1/100 s Sensivity ISO 400
context_page_description: A total of 379 species of bird have been recorded living in the wild on the island of Tasmania, nearby islands and islands in Bass Strait. Birds of Macquarie Island are not included in this list. Twelve species are unique to the island of Tasmania, and most of these are common and widespread. However, the forty-spotted pardalote is rare and restricted, while the island's two breeding endemic species, the world's only migratory parrots, are both threatened. 22 species are introduced, and 30 species are globally threatened.
  Several species of penguin are late summer visitors to Tasmanian shores. Tasmania's endemic birds have led to it being classified as an Endemic Bird Area, one of 218 such areas worldwide. Priority regions for habitat-based conservation of birds around the world, they are defined by containing two or more restricted-range species.
  Although Tasmania has been isolated from the Australian mainland for about 10,000 years, islands in the Bass Strait between the two landmasses have allowed many species to traverse. With around 5,400 km of coastline and 350 offshore islands, Tasmania provides a diverse haven for birds despite its relatively small size.
context_section_description: Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Procellariidae
  The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized "true petrels", characterised by united nostrils with medium nasal septum and a long outer functional primary flight feather.
  Southern giant-petrel, Macronectes giganteus
  Northern giant-petrel, Macronectes halli
  Southern fulmar, Fulmarus glacialoides (V)
  Antarctic petrel, Thalassoica antarctica (V)
  Cape petrel, Daption capense
  Snow petrel, Pagodroma nivea (V)
  Kerguelen petrel, Aphrodroma brevirostris
  Great-winged petrel, Pterodroma macroptera
  Grey-faced petrel, Pterodroma gouldi
  Kermadec petrel, Pterodroma neglecta (V)
  Herald petrel, Pterodroma heraldica (V)
  Providence petrel, Pterodroma solandri
  Soft-plumaged petrel, Pterodroma mollis
  White-headed petrel, Pterodroma lessonii
  Mottled petrel, Pterodroma inexpectata (V)
  Juan Fernandez petrel, Pterodroma externa (V)
  White-necked petrel, Pterodroma cervicalis
  Black-winged petrel, Pterodroma nigripennis (V)
  Cook's petrel, Pterodroma cookii (V)
  Gould's petrel, Pterodroma leucoptera
  Stejneger's petrel, Pterodroma longirostris (V)
  Blue petrel, Halobaena caerulea
  Fairy prion, Pachyptila turtur
  Broad-billed prion, Pachyptila vittata (V)
  Salvin's prion, Pachyptila salvini (V)
  Antarctic prion, Pachyptila desolata
  Slender-billed prion, Pachyptila belcheri
  Fulmar prion, Pachyptila crassirostris (V)
  Grey petrel, Procellaria cinerea (V)
  White-chinned petrel, Procellaria aequinoctialis
  Parkinson's petrel, Procellaria parkinsoni (V)
  Westland petrel, Procellaria westlandica (V)
  Flesh-footed shearwater, Ardenna carneipes (V)
  Great shearwater, Ardenna gravis (V)
  Wedge-tailed shearwater, Ardenna pacificus (V)
  Buller's shearwater, Ardenna bulleri (V)
  Sooty shearwater, Ardenna griseus
  Short-tailed shearwater, Ardenna tenuirostris
  Hutton's shearwater, Puffinus huttoni
  Fluttering shearwater, Puffinus gavia
  Little shearwater, Puffinus assimilis
  Subantarctic shearwater, Puffinus elegans
  Common diving-petrel, Pelecanoides urinatrix
caption: Short-tailed shearwater fledgling
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