Monday, April 15, 2019

COMMON DIVING PETREL

Photographed on the crossing from Bluff, South Island New Zealand to Stewart Island, New Zealand, April, 2019

(*1236)                       COMMON DIVING PETREL                   Pelecanoides urinatrix

NEW ZEALAND                 98

Known by Maori name Kuaka. Breeds circumpolar subantartic. Main NZ sites off eastern North Island, Cook and Foveaux Straits, Chatham Islands, The Snares, Antipodes and Auckland Islands.






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