Saturday, February 24, 2024

BLACK PETREL

 

Photographed on pelagic off Tauranga, New Zealand, February 2024

(*279)         BLACK PETREL             Procellaria parkinsoni

NEW ZEALAND      128

c1750 pairs breed only on Great Barrier and Little Barrier Islands; formerly on inland ranges of the mainland.In breeding season, seen mainly around North Island and west to Australia. Migrates to eastern tropical Pacific, July-October. Breeding November to July.





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