
%0 Journal Article
%A Dyer, P.K. 
%A Carter, J.L. 
%T Synchronous Breeding: Wedge-tailed Shearwaters <emph type="2">Puffinus pacificus</emph> in Eastern Australia
%J Emu
%D 2001/07/09
%V 97
%N 4
%P 304-309
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MU97044
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MU97044 
%X Synchronous summer breeding on islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans has been reported for Wedge-tailed Shearwaters Puffinus pacificus in both the northern and southern hemispheres. Observations of early hatching in December 1995 at Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef, indicate that the timing of Wedge-tailed Shearwater breeding between colonies may not be as similar as previously thought. This paper shows that in the southern hemisphere there is a disparity in timing of breeding between colonies so southern hemisphere birds do not fit the generally accepted distinction of November&#8211;December laying in the southern hemisphereand June&#8211;July laying in the northern hemisphere. 
