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title: "A White-bellied Sea-Eagle kills a Wedge-tailed Shearwater at sea"
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# A White-bellied Sea-Eagle kills a Wedge-tailed Shearwater at sea

Mick Roderick (Shortland, New South Wales, Australia) has published in *[The Whistler](http://www.hboc.org.au/publications/the-whistler/) *on a White-bellied Sea-Eagle *Haliaeetus leucogaster* killing a Wedge-tailed Shearwater *Puffinus pacificus*.

 The paper’s abstract follows:

 “A White-bellied Sea-Eagle *Haliaeetus leucogaster* was observed taking a live Wedge-tailed Shearwater *Ardenna pacifica* that was completely submerged as the sea-eagle approached.  Although sea-eagles are known to hunt seabirds, there appears to be no published evidence of them taking a seabird that is submerged in Australia.  A sequence of images illustrates the scenario.”

 ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Shearwaters/Wedge_tailed/wedge-tailed shearwater_alan_burger.jpg)

 Wedge-tailed Shearwater, photograph by Alan Burger

 **Reference:**

 Roderick, M. 2014.  Observation of a White-bellied Sea-Eagle taking submerged seabird prey.  [*The Whistler* 8: 56-57](http://www.hboc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/The-Whistler-8-2014.pdf#page=59).

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 22 June 2015*