WHITE-CHINNED PETREL

Photographed on Portland Pelagic, January 2017

965             WHITE-CHINNED PETREL                Procellaria aequinoctialis

AUSTRALIA           697

55 cm, wingspan c. 1.4 m. Breeds (Nov.-May) on sub-antarctic islands in NZ region and in s Indian and S Atlantic Oceans; huge circumpolar dispersal s to Antarctic pack-ice and n to 40-30 degrees South; offshore and sight records from se Q-ne NSW to Perth; most records from offshore e Vic, mostly May-July, and se Tas, March-April.

PACIFIC SWIFT

Photographed on Christmas Island, December 2016

964              PACIFIC SWIFT                Apus pacificus

AUSTRALIA             (696)

Originally known as Forktailed Swift before being divided into four species; also known as White-rumped Swift. 16-19 cm, wingspan 38-43 cm. Found in the air over open country, from semi-desert to coasts, islands, sometimes over forests and cities. Breeds Siberia and Himalayas, e to Japan, se Asia.