short-tailed shearwater

noun

1. a large Australian shearwater that migrates to the northern hemisphere in the southern winter

Example Sentences

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

Usually it's incredibly tiny pieces of plastic, but Hardesty has seen far bigger things, such as an entire glow stick and three balloons in a single short-tailed shearwater bird.

From New York Times

Usually it's incredibly tiny pieces of plastic, but Hardesty has seen far bigger things, such as an entire glow stick and three balloons in a single short-tailed shearwater bird.

From US News

We at last attracted the attention of a short-tailed shearwater.

From Literature