SOOTY SHEARWATER

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

(* 971)                        SOOTY SHEARWATER                   Puffinus griseus

NEW ZEALAND               97

Also known by Maori name Titi; and as Muttonbird. Breeds mainly around NZ, but also southern Australia, Macquarie Island and southern South America. NZ birds migrate to North Pacific.

Photographed off Stewart Island, New Zealand, April, 2019