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Wedge-tailed Shearwater Range Map

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Range Map for Wedge-tailed Shearwater

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Migration

Nonmigratory to long-distance migrant. Some populations, especially those breeding in the tropics, remain near breeding islands all year. Populations nesting in subtropical waters tend to migrate to warmer tropical waters, with many crossing the equator. Some Hawaiian breeders migrate eastward to Pacific waters off the coast of Mexico and Central America.

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Shearwaters and Petrels(Order: Procellariiformes, Family: Procellariidae)

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