| Wedge-tailed shearwater | |
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| Pair "singing", Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Procellariidae |
| Genus: | Ardenna |
| Species: | A. pacifica
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| Binomial name | |
| Ardenna pacifica (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Nonbreeding Breeding
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| Synonyms | |
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Procellaria pacifica (protonym) Puffinus pacificus | |
The wedge-tailed shearwater (Ardenna pacifica) is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It is one of the shearwater species that is sometimes referred to as a muttonbird, like the sooty shearwater of New Zealand and the short-tailed shearwater of Australia. It is found throughout the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, roughly between latitudes 35°N and 35°S. It breeds on the islands off Japan, on the Islas Revillagigedo, the Hawaiian Islands, the Seychelles, the Northern Mariana Islands, and off Eastern and Western Australia.
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Ardenna pacifica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22698175A132631353. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22698175A132631353.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.