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.

WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL

Photographed on Kiama Pelagic, July 2016

797           WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL         Pelagodroma marina

Australia          (641)

Breeds in late spring and summer on many coastal islands in s. Aust. from Abrolhos group (WA) at least to Broughton Is. (NSW); Bass Strait and Tas. islands; also Kermadecs; NZ and NZ sub-Antartica Is; N. and S. Atlantic. Part of Aust population winter n. Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea; some e. coast birds range into the Pacific. Present offshore s. Aust.in summer; apparently (usually) absent in winter. Migratory.