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Scientific Name: Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck, 1835)
English Name: Short-tailed Shearwater
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Photo: Birds of the World
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Description:
Shearwater, medium-sized, dark brown. flies with short, sharp beats and has slender, uneven wings. Depending on the illumination, its variable underwing pattern might be difficult to judge. It is often rather dark with a less pronounced silvery flash than Sooty Shearwater. Very much like the Sooty Shearwater. Look for a little shorter bill and a more rounded head in short-tailed birds, which are lighter and have more curved wings.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine, Terrestrial
Main References:
IUCN Bangladesh. 2015. Red List of Bangladesh Volume 3: Birds. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. xvi+676.
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
IUCN conservation status:
Other Information
