Photographed off Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand, April, 2019 |
(* 1254) WESTLAND PETREL Procellaria westlandica
NEW ZEALAND 109
Uncommon endemic. About 4000 pairs breed only in the forested coastal foothills of the Paparoa Range between Barrytown and Punakaiki, West Coast, South Island. In breeding season seen mainly off east coast, Cook Strait and West Coast but ranges west to Australia; migrates to central or eastern South Pacific.
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