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| Photographed on Eaglehawk pelagic, Tasmania, January 2018 |
1233 GOULD'S PETREL Pterodroma leucoptera
AUSTRALIA 726
Sometimes known as White-winged Petrel. Spends most of its life at sea, coming to land only to breed; breeds on five islands off NSW coast. New Caledonian subspecies breeds on New Caledonia. Forages in the Tasman Sea during the breeding season, and may go as far as Indian Ocean, south of sw WA; after breeding migrates to central and eastern Pacific Ocean. Little is known about their diet or feeding behaviour.
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