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Puffinus tenuirostris
Short-tailed Shearwater
As recorded: Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck, 1836)
Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Procellariiformes › Procellariidae
- Collected by
- ?
- Collector number
- Collector Number: --
- Locality
- Palmerston North
- Island
- North Island
- Region
- New Zealand
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Puffinus tenuirostris observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2,120 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-04.

2026-10-04
Bass Coast - Phillip Is., Victoria, Australia
(c) Roz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-27
British Columbia, Canada
(c) Liam Steele, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-09-24
(c) momo shou, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-23
(c) momo shou, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-23
(c) momo shou, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-23
(c) momo shou, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Puffinus tenuirostris. BPBM 159456. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 95025901. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/vz/159456.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 95025901 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Type status not recognized
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