GREY-BACKED STORM-PETREL

Photographed on Kiama Pelagic, July 2016

798           GREY-BACKED STORM-PETREL          Garrodia nereis

Australia           (642)

Breeds on islands in NZ region; also Macquarie, Kerguelen and islands in s. Indian Ocean and S. Atlantic. NZ population visits offshore waters of se Aust. in all months but mostly winter. Records from Eyre Pen. (SA), w and e Vic., Tas., and c. coast NSW. Flocks of hundreds reported beyond continental shelf.