Showing posts with label Kermadec Petrel. Show all posts
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Sunday, January 17, 2016

KERMADEC PETREL

Photographed on Phillip Island (near Norfolk Island) January 2016
754          KERMADEC PETREL             Pterodroma neglecta

Australia         (598)

38 cm; wingspan c. 90 cm. Range: breeds across s. Pacific from Lord Howe I (Ball’s Pyramid) and Phillip Is. near Norfolk Is. to Juan Fernandez (se Pacific). Disperses throughout warmer Pacific waters. Rare visitor summer-autumn-winter to coastal e. Australia from se Q to about Jervis Bay (NSW).