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Muttonbird Islands
Muttonbird or mutton bird may refer to species of petrel, especially shearwaters, whose young are harvested for food and other uses before they fledge in Australia and New Zealand. The English term "muttonbird" originally emerged among settlers on Norfolk Island as the strong taste and fattiness of these birds' meat was likened to mutton. The Māori name for the birds, ''tītī'', is also widely used in New Zealand. Species of bird * Short-tailed shearwater, nesting in south-eastern Australia, particularly in the Furneaux Islands * Sooty shearwater, nesting mainly in New Zealand and islands in the South Atlantic Ocean * Wedge-tailed shearwater, nesting throughout the tropical and subtropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans * Flesh-footed shearwater, nesting on Lord Howe Island Places * Mutton Bird Island, Tasmania, Australia ** South East Mutton Bird Islet ** South West Mutton Bird Islet * Titi/Muttonbird Islands, New Zealand Music * The Mutton Birds, band from Auckl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petrel
Petrels are tube-nosed seabirds in the phylogenetic order Procellariiformes. Description Petrels are a monophyletic group of marine seabirds, sharing a characteristic of a nostril arrangement that results in the name "tubenoses". Petrels encompass three of the four extant families within the Procellariiformes order, namely Procellariidae (fulmarine petrels, gadfly petrels, diving petrels, prions, and shearwaters), Hydrobatidae (northern storm petrels), and Oceanitidae (austral storm petrels). The remaining family in Procellariiformes is the albatross family, Diomedeidae. Etymology The word ''petrel'' (first recorded in that spelling 1703) comes from earlier (''ca.'' 1670) ''pitteral''; the English explorer William Dampier wrote the bird was so called from its way of flying with its feet just skimming the surface of the water, recalling Saint Peter's walk on the sea of Galilee (Matthew xiv.28); if so, it likely was formed in English as a diminutive of Peter (< Old (?) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
