BLUE PENGUIN

Photographed off Otago Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand, April, 2019

(*        )                    BLUE PENGUIN                Eudyptula minor

NEW ZEALAND                 95

Also known by Maori name Korora; in Australia known as Little Penguin or Little Blue Penguin. Common native. Breeds on rocky coasts and islands throughout NZ, but can nest hundreds of metres inland. When breeding comes ashore at dusk and departs at dawn. Moults in burrows, under rock piles or in dense vegetation. Often seen in coastal waters.

WHITE-CAPPED MOLLYMAWK

Photographed off Otago Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand, April, 2019

1281                  WHITE-CAPPED MOLLYMAWK                     Thalassarche cauta steadi              

NEW ZEALAND              94

Also known as Shy Mollymawk. Common native. Breeds around Tasmania and NZ subantarctic, mainly at Disappointment Island, Auckland Island and Adams Islands and a few at Bollons Island, Antipodes. Ranges widely through southern oceans, and often to NZ coastal waters, especially seen around fishing boats.

Photographed off Stewart Island, April, 2019