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 _________________________________________________________________ Frank O’Connor Birding WA http://birdingwa.iinet.net.au Phone : (08) 9386 5694 Email : foconnor@iinet.net.au
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Subantarctic Shearwater can be seen on Macquarie Island trips while en. route south from Auckland Island, however they drop off in number quite quickly as the ship steams away from Auckland and by the time you reach the Aus EEZ they are not common. Only one or two were seen over the line on the 2013 Heritage “Birding Down Under” cruise, however I didn’t see those individuals in Aus waters unfortunately! Common around a few of the other subantarctic islands though. Cheers, Joshua Bergmark Sent: Wednesday, 26 August 2015 3:58 PM 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
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The Subantarctic Shearwater P. elegans breeds only on the Chatham and Antipodes Islands in the Australasian region and on Tristan da Cunha and Gough Is. in the southern Atlantic. All ‘Little Shearwaters’ that breed on Australian Islands (off SW WA, Norfolk Is, Lord Howe Is) will remain as Little Shearwater P. assimilis. However, P. elegans has been ‘reported’ off Victoria and Tasmania. So BARC submissions now required! Mike Carter, 03 9787 7136 30 Canadian Bay Road Mount Eliza, VIC 3930, Australia —–Original Message—– Frank O’Connor Sent: Wednesday, 26 August 2015 3:48 PM 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 _________________________________________________________________ Frank O’Connor Birding WA http://birdingwa.iinet.net.au Phone : (08) 9386 5694 Email : foconnor@iinet.net.au
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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
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