short-tailed shearwater
Britishnoun
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Scientists also retrieved a very skinny short-tailed shearwater for analysis at the U.S.
From Seattle Times
Related: Drowning in plastic Hardesty said she had seen an entire glowstick and three balloons in a single short-tailed shearwater bird.
From The Guardian
We at last attracted the attention of a short-tailed shearwater.
From Literature
The others are the Wedge-tailed shearwater, Sooty shearwater P. griseus and Short-tailed shearwater.
From Scientific American
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