Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Puffinus tenuirostris - SE Tasmania.jpg

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Original – Short-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris), East of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
Reason
This bird is of cultural and economic importance as the species was harvested for feathers, flesh and oil by the Aborigines, and then later early European settlers. There is still a commercial industry today. Approximately 23 million individuals breed in South-eastern Australia, making it one of the world's most numerous sea birds. This picture shows a common pose when they land on the water, and has the advantage of showing both under and over wing plumages.
Articles in which this image appears
Short-tailed Shearwater
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Puffinus tenuirostris - SE Tasmania.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 18:00, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]