
%0 Journal Article
%A Serventy, DL 
%T Duration of immaturity in the Short-tailed Shearwater, Puffinus tenuirostris  (Temminck)
%J CSIRO Wildlife Research
%D 1957/03/01
%V 2
%N 1
%P 60-62
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CWR9570060
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CWR9570060 
%X Three marked individuals of the short-tailed shearwater, Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck), first reproduced at 5, 6, and 7 years of age, respectively. Immature birds (pre-breeders) return to the islands on which they were reared at, usually, 3 years of age. These, and the 4-year old birds, visit the rookeries between January and mid Xarch. The non-breeding 5, 6, and 7-year old birds arrive with the breeding adults in November and cease vis~ting the rookeries by mid January. 
