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- 19th century but still existing on Lord Howe Island, were known as 'muttonbirds' or 'flying sheep' Faroese puffin Petrels Duck Waterfowl hunting Anderson...
- Muttonbird or mutton bird may refer to species of petrel, especially shearwaters, whose young are harvested for food and other uses before they fledge...
- for wedge-tailed shearwaters (Puffinus pacificus), known locally as muttonbirds, which migrate annually to the Philippines but return to breed on the...
- traditional seasonal harvesting ("muttonbirding") of the sooty shearwater by Māori. These birds are known as "muttonbirds" due to their supposedly mutton-like...
- harvesting the various species of bird known as muttonbirds is known as muttonbirding. The name muttonbird was first used by the early settlers on Norfolk...
- Muttonbird Island may refer to: Muttonbird Island Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia Muttonbird Island (Lord Howe Island), offs**** island of...
- The Mutton Birds were a New Zealand rock music group formed in Auckland in 1991 by Ross Burge, David Long and Don McGlashan, with Alan Gregg joining a...
- "The Heater" was the first single from Salty, the second album by the New Zealand band, The Mutton Birds. Released early in 1994, it reached number one...
- also known by its Māori name tītī, and is harvested by Māori people for muttonbird, like its relatives the wedge-tailed shearwater (A. pacificus) and the...
- wood****.[citation needed] Muttonbirding is also po****r in Australia and New Zealand. Although some hunting, such as that of muttonbirds, may be sustainable...